The Seat Of The Problem
Posted by admin on Nov 21, 2008
As soon as every child goes to school they are forced to sit in a chair – she (or he) has no choice. The children do not like sitting down for more than a few moments, as the chair itself is very uncomfortable and is not suited to their natural posture. The main reason for this is that the horizontal part of the chair which takes most of the weight of the body, is sloping backwards. The children have no choice but to tense many of their muscles to maintain their natural upright posture. She does not like this feeling at all and within minutes will try to stand up or wander off. The teacher who often has more than thirty children to cope with, cannot keep his eye on this many children unless they are at their desks and, since the teacher’s main responsibility is for the safety of all these children, he, or she will insist that they remain on their chairs. Still not liking the sense of ‘falling backwards’ that the chair produces, nearly all children tilt forwards by raising the back legs off the floor thus producing the effect of sitting on a chair that now slopes forward. In this position the child can maintain his posture effortlessly.
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