Workplace Rhetoric

When walking out onto the fresh green grass of Westville High School’s football field, one will always encounter a monument that symbolizes pride and effort brought upon by the supporters coming to watch the Friday night football game.   The statue is surrounded by a black rectangular gate and has a large male tiger on top. The tiger is used to represent the school’s mascot, the orange and black Bengal tiger. There is also a plaque directly below the tiger. It reads, “Memorial Field. Home of the Tigers.” When I read that sign, I immediately feel excitement to be a part of such an amazing school. It also shows how many years the Tigers have gone to the playoffs. This artifact of WHS is there because it represents who we are as a school, we are the Tigers. The field you are currently stepping on is our field, we have so many memories on this field, and no one person can name them all. The statue is a way of remembering those who have made a mark in our school’s history.

I feel the monument of the tiger may need to be improved by participatory design by hearing what the people who see the statue every day have to say. I personally like the way the tiger was created but my friends who have seen it say otherwise. The design is flawed in ways that are very nit-picky. I feel the plaque could be improved by making it seem more aesthetically pleasing and comforting, but all in all it still gets its point across. The designers of the current statue had a set design in mind and created a wonderful structure that people from many generations onward will see every time they step foot onto that green smooth grass they call the Tiger’s playing field. 



Priyanka Bhakta
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