Response to Adler et al. “The Effects of Our Environment” One important idea from “The Effects of Our Environment” is that “the main determinant of whether a student was actively and directly engaged in the process of classroom communication was that student’s seating position”, “the middle of the first row contained the students who interacted most, and as they more back and to the sides of the classroom, interaction decreased markedly.” I think the author‘s point is that students who sit in the middle of front rows are more actively interact in class than those who sit in the sides of back rows. In my experience, based on my 16 years student career, students who chose to sit in the middle of the first row and seats next to teachers are hardworking ones. They are willing to be engaged in the class and respond to the teacher at the first moment questions come up. By doing that, they can be more attracted by course contents, and they will gain more information from the class. What’s more, since front-row students can always leave good impressions to teachers, they can get more opportunities to communicate with teachers and participate in the classroom discussions. I always chose the middle of the second row when I was in college. My first course in college was “the Theory of Communications.” The lectures were given by our dean Mr. Chen, a very kind middle-aged professor. Unlike many other teachers, he barely managed classroom discipline because he believed that autonomy was the most important thing for students. Without doubt, there were a group of people continually disturbing the class by chatting with classmates, talking on a phone or just walking out the classroom at their option. It was strange that all of them were sitting in the back row. It seemed that they didn’t listen to the teacher at all and maybe they just wanted to get the credit of the class so