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Message: <blockquote data-quote="johnnyG" data-source="post: 802758" data-attributes="member: 53562">My school used to have a nice pool (later replaced by a new building). During classes it would only open at five, but during breaks it opened early in the afternoon--and I went almost daily. There was another teacher or two who would use the gym part of it then, too.Of course there were occasional comments about recreation on school time, and the easiest comeback was to comment on how much time the smokers wasted thru a given day.The admin also encouraged things like open office hours, lunch or coffee with students, even sometimes an English corner, where a teacher would be on call for informal conversation with whoever wanted to stop by for contact outside of the regular teacher-student relationship. But any informal conversation at the gym/pool wasn't recognized for its potential. The place had a nice lobby--carpeted and with a few couch-like places to sit--and it was easy to sit and talk before the front desk opened, or on the way out.</blockquote>