What’s Going On in This Picture? | Nov. 14, 2016

Nov 14, 2016 · 556 comments
Sam Kleiman (Media Pennsylvania)
I think that the picture is of people sleeping where they work to save time
trenyce cleare fenton (boston)
It id looking like people are living in there own office in wood coftens
From Mrs. Williams' group (Madison, WI)
a person told me that why the people are sleeping in there so the people think that they hate there life so they go there a feel how dead feels and when they come out i think some people feel they a louky to have a life.

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Aaliyah D. tm2 (McKinley SEA Middle School)
To me it looks like people are sleeping in these big rectangular boxes with these yellow and white robes. Everyone has a book, a candle, and a box full of tissues on a desk with a chair.
Alec Bartz (neenah wisconsin)
Why aren't they in the rice field
Dean (Skåne)
This is a world war two japanese internment camp. You can see chinese women sitting in bamboo coffins.
Masiyah (Jamaica)
I think they are at school and part of their school day is they open their desks or chests to lay in or meditate.Also maybe they are taking a nap.
Peggy (Thailand)
I think they are meditating.
Colby W (Cascade High School)
I think that this is a bunch of coffins where loved ones can come visit the ones that they lost during a huge epidemic. There are pictures of each individual on the desks next to the coffin. the tissues and candles on each desk represent sadness from the lives lost. there is lines on the paper next to the pictures for loved ones to write memories or things that they wish they could tell them. the items to the left of the desks are the peoples most desired belongings.
Thales Nunes (Cascade HS)
I think that this picture is taken in a school in Asia where they take a break, or meditate. I think this is at a school because there are notebooks with writing in them, as if the kids where writing a easy. I also think that this is a school because the have a lunchbox. This would be great for tests because everyone is hidden from each other.
Amanda M (CHS)
I think this a morgue and they take everyone that has died there to get them ready to bury them. They also get information about them and let their family members see them one last time.
Charlotte Young (Lowndes High School)
I believe they are all dead. If you noticed they all wear the same yellow and white robes, they are laying in coffins, they each have a table with a lit candle, and box of tissues. My guess is that the open book on a table beside the open caskets is where they will write their last testament.
JamarvinNelson (Lhs)
I believe that they bed that their are sleeping in and so when they get up and do everything have to do . i believe they have class.
Maddy (Iowa)
I agree with you!
zachary niederfringer (cles)
I think it is kids in an orfanage sleeping because they look asleep and lonley I see pictures of each of them and some desks or they are dead
Jordan (Connecticut)
Maybe its just nap time over there
Teresa (connecticut)
I see people lying in what looks like coffins and they are probably pretending to be dead to see what other people would say or how they would react to their "deaths". There is a book and that is probably to be signed by the people that go and see the "dead person". Some may even take gifts and spend some time with them sitting in the chair and thinking about the final moments that they had with that person.
Zareyah (Connecticut)
I think these are kids who have behavioral issues and they're showing them how the family would feel if they were dead. I don't think this has anything to do with school at all.I feel like the families and friends view their bodies and were able to write nice things about them and "mourn" over them.
Walker (Waterbury)
I think the kids are having nap time. This might be a place for kids that are bad.
Hope (Connecticut)
I think that these are kids sleeping. This is where they might go after school.
ESC (Ontario)
We think that this might be a place of prayer where the people can reflect and meditate. Maybe they are expressing their faith. There is a note pad on the desk. Maybe priests come and write down thoughts and prayers for their loved ones. This could also be a spa where people go to relax because it looks like the people are sleeping in the box. Maybe they are receiving therapy or maybe it is a place where people go to see their loved ones for the last time. Maybe they could even be smuggling people from one place to another.
Andrew (North Carolina)
I think that they are dead school children because they look young and they look dead. I think that they were killed in the school, and this is some sort of memorial service or memorial.
Samantha (Illinois)
I think that in this picture is in a adoption home and a bunch of african american kids are sleeping. They are near desks so it could also be a school That is also an adoption home. IT also looks like they are each learning about leading women in the past.
Edwin (IL)
I think this is a classroom because there are desks and ink bottles. The children could be having naptime.
Jami (Illinois)
In the picture, it looks like kids in a orphan home are laying down in their beds. They are wooden beds. Each kid has their own small desk. All the desks have tissues profile picture, and a candle. They are all wearing yellow and white robes. There is many kids in the orphan home.
Emily (Illinois)
I think that in this picture the people are at school in Japan, China or Koreal and either this is a school that they stay at overnight and it is at night and they are sleeping or that it is in the middle of the day at school and they have a time in the day or rest or sleep. I think that the children are sleeping in a bench that is next to their desks at school.
Sasha (Illinois)
I think this is a spa because people are laying down in robes. There is also candles so it must be relaxing. There is also a menu so people could order food when the they are relaxing.
Natalia (hi)
I think that there are taking a rest at a job where they work for two days straight, and take a break every one and a while.
Christian Ronaldo (spain)
I think that the people are at a hotel and they are going to sleep. I know they aren't dead because it looks like they have a desk and what looks to be water and tissue.
vollanab2022 (MN)
I think these people are dead and being investigated because i see files open.
Joe (Zimbabwe)
I think that this could be some sort of meditation or relaxation practice or they're sleeping. They seem to be very calm and very still. Their eyes look to be closed but it is hard to tell.
Julia L (Alaska)
I think that the kids in the boxes are taking a nap in the middle of their school day. I think they're at school because next to the boxes, there are decks with school books and lunches. The girls in the boxes are Asians so I could be some sort of tradition.
Reece (Somewhere on Earth)
This could possibly be a nap time in a school in a foreign country. I believe this because you can see a desk with a notebook on it. There is also a backpack next to the desk.
Leon ($)
I think that these are Asian mediators because of the robes they are wearing.Because I see boxes of tissues I know they are still alive.But I think this is only for girl because I see pictures of girls on the tables.
Maddie (Wisconsin)
This picture is most likely taken in a funeral home. The people are placed neatly in boxes, all wearing the same robe. Beside their bed is a book with a picture, most likely of the deceased. In the book, beside the picture is writing. People might come and write things they wished to say to their loved one. Candles are usually used to lighten the mood, so the candles may be there for comfort. The tissues are used to wipe the tears of the people crying over their loved one.
Azalea (<br/>)
their dead
Mia (Wisconsin)
It does indeed look like a funeral home but the only thing is that they are open and the are desk next to them, also I found it interesting that theirs tissue and a picture of a person or the person laying in the box and not only that its a wooden box! Not the regular box or coffin you would usually lay in its a normal coffin their not glazed like they usually are or clean and nice.
Owen RG (somewhere in the world)
This is a funeral home. I can tell because it looks like these people are dead, resting in these boxes. There are pictures of them, a candle, and tissues beside of them. They are all wearing robes which makes it look like they are dead, because in some funerals they have the dead person wearing robes. This also looks like a funeral home because there are lots of people. It also looks like this is in asia which is probably why this looks strange as a funeral home.
Mason (Usa)
I think this is a picture of an orphanidge or hospital. It looks like an orphanidge because There are lots of boxes with people and their on a table next to them. One person I doubt could have this many kids, so that is why I think its an orphanidge. It could be a hospital because everyone is laying down. Also, you can see a tube connecting to the person which is probably giving her medicine.
Sam (mexico)
I think this is a funeral home because there is a picture next to each person and there is a box tissue and the boxes they are laying in looks like a coffin.
Akira (United States)
I think that in this picture these people are in a homeless shelter, I think that they are in a homeless shelter because they are sleeping in wooden boxes and most homeless shelters don't really have expensive things for the people to rely on. I also think that the people are in a homeless shelter because there are many people in the picture that are sleeping, this tells me that not everyone has there own room. Everyone has a chair and a desk, and a robe so they can a things for themselves. So I think that they are in a homeless shelter
andrew krause (milwaukee)
I think it is a funeral home. I see those might be coffins and istead of the nice coffins they use boxes cause it might be their tradition. I see a picture of them and a table so if the parents want to visit they can see the last school picture they took and their is writing so they can see what they write. Their is a tissue box so if the parents or realitives cry they have the tissues. THe box is open so that the parents can have one last look at the kids.
Nathan F. (U.S.)
This looks like a picture of a fashion salon of some sort. Women are laying in bamboo boxes, like they are waiting for a special treatment to take effect. There are profiles of each person and tissue boxes next to them. I also see packs next to them, so they probably stay there for an extended period of time. I see light streaming from the top of the photo, so it is probably sometime during the day. they have bells next to them on the table, so they probably signal someone once they finish in the box.
JACOB (You dont want to know)
Maybe it is their culture to sleep in those boxes/coffins.
Isabella (Wisconsin)
I think this is a funeral home where families can go and visit their deceased loved ones. There are people laying in wooden boxes which could be coffins. There is also a table with a book which seems to be about the person, candles that would be used as a peace offering, and tissues for when they cry when they see their dead loved ones.
Evelyn (school)
demon possessed corpses are about to be cremated in the furnace from spirited away to dispose of there evil nature.
awesam (an area)
It looks like the people are laying in the boxes for some sort of rest. The people look to be either from china or japan. Both of those countries are very busy in their citys. these people might have to work overnight and since the places are so busy they might be sleeping a little bit then go back to work.
Connor (wisconsin)
It looks like a funeral home with people in wooden coffins with little shrine on a table with pictures of them next to them. I believe this because there are people in wooden coffins and they have candles and pictures of them on a table next to them.
Elsa (To infinity and beyond)
I think that the people in the boxes are loved ones that have passed and they are in caskets. There is a table next to there loved one so they can visit them and they can cry because there are tissues. I see a person that looks like there sleeping in a wooden box that could be a casket. I see tissues and candles so it is a nice area to show there emotional feelings for there loved ones.
charrrlie (somewhere)
I think that the people sleeping in the boxes are meditating on their lives, you can see that they are not dead because of their facial expressions and the way their body is positioned, if they were dead rigor mortise would have changed the way they were positioned. also they are wearing robes, and the robes look monk-like, because meditation is very spiritual and so are monks. the tissues on the table are there in case the person cries, because they could realize how terrible of a person they are or something like that
Jermaine H (Location)
I think this is a funeral home because they are laying in a box and the box has a cover on and there hands are all on their stomach and dead people's hands are usually placed in that position. I don't think it would be a school because I don't think that they would place them in a box.
Spencer (Illinois)

I think two people are in a type of spa and are relaxing. Behind them are lots of more people relaxing in this box shaped people holding container. This place is made out of wood. There are also desks next to the box shaped containers.
Charlotte Young (Lowndes High School)
This is a funeral home. I mean look at how they are dressed in those robes, the boxes are coffins. The book is for the relatives to come arrange funeral arrangements, and tissue box is for them if they want to spend time with their deceased loved one and cry a bit.
Abraham (usa)
The people in the picture are in a hotel. I think that they are dead because they have luggage and i don’t think they are in a prison because they have luggage. They also might be in a school because there is desks and back packs right by the rooms. I think these people are asian what do you think?
Claudia (USA)
i think that the girls there are dead because as you can see that on the little table in the side its their picture how they looked like when they were still alive in the past. also the writing is where you have to write a quick writing about how much they were important to you.
Ana (USA)
What I think is happening in the picture is that the people are in a box. I also think that that is a school I think that because there is a lunch box next to a girl and they are writing. Also one of the girls look like they are small in the picture. There is a tissue box and a notebook with a picture also there is a candle and a pencil holder. So my prediction is that that is a school.
Kaya Pratt (North Carolina)
from the looks of the people in the picture it seems as the people in the box like coffins come from a asian ancestry and they are dead. how I know? isn`t it strange that they are all in the same clothes and in boxes...and tissue, i see tissue, probably for the relatives when they come. the book is probably for the relatives to sign perhaps to arrange the funeral
sergio (USA)
I see dead girls in some type of house. They are probaly dead. They might be waiting to go to a cematary.
juan (usa)
i think that the people are getting there cofins ready fore when they die. you can see because of ther efood an the tready they singhned on the girls desk.
juanpablo (usa)
I think in this picture i see people testing out some coffins because if you look close you can see some holes
jose (usa)
this poeple are deid and have no family because there is no one next to them. many botes are there and it looks like there nothing
Alexander (USA)
what i believe that is going on is this photo is that these people are asian women
and they are taking a brake. i can tell that they are women because of faces on the photos of the notebook
Jayla (USA)
The people laying in the bed are asian girls.All the girls are sick. They are sleeping in the beds. They are waiting for someone to take care of them.
Anthony (USA)
I think the people are metatating. I also think they wrote down their anger on the sheet of paper on the little table.
EVAN (USA)
I think that the asian girls are dead and the coffen tops are open so we can see the people. I say this because theres a photo of the person and possibly their information like their date of birth, age, etc. But it can also be a hotel but a low class due to the way it looks like wooden beds.
Anthony (USA)
I think these people inside are asians. i think also this is like a indoor cementery. also it has a candle.it has tissuses so if they need one they could get one. they is also a note book so maybe they right something for the person.
verania (usa)
I think that the person that is in the box I think that is a indoor cementery and the paper with the pictures are if you want to write some thing and the tishus are to clean your nose or tears and the candel for when it is dark.
Haily (USA)
the people are in a spa. they are getting relax.the have a notebook and to see is relax,you didn't like something. they also bring things with them.
Rey (USA)
I think its probably a school house. I think this because i see that there are some backpacks pencil sharpeners and tissues. It may be a foster home but i cant be a cemetery or a hotel because those asian kids might bee meditating
Mia (USA)
I think this is a therapy room. I think this because the women in the tombs are dressed in robes and there are desk and it seems to be information about the women. I think this because on the desk there is a picture of a girl that is laying on the tomb and next to the picture there seems to be writing. And I think the writing is personal information about the women.
Merced (usa)
I seen that the little asian might be dead or it could be a hotel where they could sleep.Because might it could be that they do not have no whereto live.
viridiana (usa)
in the picture i can see that the kids are writing their wills for when they pass away and they are trying out their coffin
Roxana (Usa)
I see some Asians people who are sleeping in some kind of coffin. I think they are in a school because there is a desk with stuff on top. I think that they were filling stuff about them self because on top of the desk there is a picture, which I think is the person that is sleeping and paper. I think they were filling about them selfs.
John (USA)
i can see that their are asian people sleeping in the little beds. I can also see that it is a school because i see desks and notebooks.
Joaquin (usa)
I think it a hotel. Or a hospital because i think it was food on a desks.
caylob anders (kincaid il)
I think this a hops ital because it looks like there is a dropper on the front table.
Melody (USA)
what I think that this picture is a girl orphanage why I think that this is a girl orphanage is because the two girls in the front there is a picture of them smiling and I also think that the girls are afraid and brokenhearted why I think that is because there is paper that is crumble of tears
Breanna (USA)
In this picture these asian girls are dead. They all probably died in the same way. There loves one go and visit them. I say this because there in a coffen or at least what it looks like. There is a box of tissue and a picture with there information on each side of child. There also a candle right next to the coffen. I think this picture is taken in a hotel where they put dead people. Just like a cemetery put just in a hotel. What do you think?
Keven (usa)
what i think about this picture is that there orphaneages. but they cant maybe afford a bed. maybe they are poor. the picture on the table has writing. maybe send notes to ther familys.
Omar (USA)
I can see that there are girls that are resting. I can also see that there are notebooks or some information of the girls that are there. There are also some of the girls packages. Also it seems like the girls stay there for maybe a while. Or they stay there for a couple of days. I can also see that they all are wearing the same thing.
Jade Williams (Lowndes High School)
I agree with you.
Jacob (USA Lucille Roybal)
This children looks asian. Besides, why would they be buried in a school? They also have they're pictures, there information, and how they died. Or they look like they're relaxing. What is this school? How will the parents know about this? Who does this stuff?!
JamarvinNelson (Lhs)
right ? because aint no way that it could a school but it could way to
Zoe (Oregon)
I think that this is a place for dead people, where others can come and visit them. I think that the paper is there to write notes to their spirits. I would say it is an office/ school area but with the tissues, and candles it seems less likely, also if they were sleeping I think that that they would want somewhere more comfy to sleep.
Simone (Oregon)
I think that this picture is of girls doing something for their religion maybe, like some sort of ritual, or for serving time to their god.
Joseph M (LA)
Dead kids are laying in a coffin, during a day in the morgue. My inferential question is why did they die?
giancarlo (la)
There are people sleeping in a box in the day time in a different country. Why are there people in boxes? Who is sleeping in boxes? My inference Is people are sleeping or people are died.
Pedro (la)
Present some Asian girls are sleeping in a container. I have one literal question who are they? My inferential question is what are they in there? I infer they are just taking a power nap.
Brandon (WI)
taking a nap from righting about their druthers.
Kieran .S (wisconsin)
I believe what is going on in this picture in that the people look like they are from japan or china because they look like they came from their and I say that because I have see someone like that and they were from China or Japan Also if you look at all their heads the have an object that looks like a feather and I think that because the feather is there because it is for a sort of thing that goes on their coat I say that because in the fashion show they are wearing feather on animal stuff on then. I also see that on there desk it has a book with picture on it and I a blank spot for Drawing something and I say that because it is kind of like a pass port and I think that see they have the book they are suppost to write something that they were thinking about or something that they thought about I say this because I have seen an article about how people are trying to connect to the world something like that.
zaikir (LA)
Women are sleeping in a box during the day in a sleep house. I have two question what is that on the table and why are they driest like that?
Harlie (wi)
There are people sleeping in boxes because they mite not have a place to sleep so they are sleeping in boxes and they are not died they are just sleeping. If they were died they would not have there stuff right by the box that they are sleeping in.
Halie (WI)
It looks like that some people are laying down in in a box because they are sick and there is whitish box next to them and some people used some of the whitish already and you would not want to have a candle just sit on the desk.
Af (wisconsin)
i think that all there kids are in school and they have there own desk and that box that there sitting in is some were they rest and relax and that picture of a young girl is there pen pail and there righting to them and because in my old school there was pen pails to so that why i think that there righting to them and i think that there japan because there siting on the flour and that there in a billing that has small desks
Erin (wi)
it looks like the people in the picture are resting because they might be sick because there is a tissue box on the table next to them and they might be in japan or china.
Morgaine (Bend OR)
I think it is either a place where people can write things about the people in the coffins who are dead. or I think that it is a work space and they are napping durring work. I think that the first one makes more sense.
Lily (Oregon)
My prediction is that the children in the photo are dead and all died in the same way. I believe they are being honored in some way. And that their loved ones are visiting them. I think this because their is a box of tissues and a book with a picture next to each child. I also think their dead because they are lying down in coffins. Or at least that's what they look like. I can see that their are lots of other tables with coffins next to them. Some of the coffins are closed and some are opened.
Sierra (Bend, OR)
I think this is a building preparing the girls for a funeral or a boarding school. For a funeral, they all have booklets with pictures of their faces on them, and what looks like information about them, maybe age, height, name, and so forth. They all have boxes that they are lying in, and tissues by their bedside, maybe for their sad family members, but I am not sure. If they are at a college or some other boarding school that they sleep at, and these are their beds. The rest of the space looks like you could study in, with a quill, and paper, a desk and even a candle for light.
Noe (oregon, Bend)

11/16/16
I think these are asian girls are in some sort of cemetery in other words there dead. I think this because one they are laying in brown boxes with no blankets or pillows (which would seem logical, if you were sleeping, there are also strings attached to there legs that are probably keeping them in place, there is pictures of them with little tables and chairs. There are tissues at every table and letters by each girl, probably a note to the deceased.
Cameron Yaboi (USA)
The people in the picture are in a hotel. Why i think this is i don’t think that they are dead because they have luggage and i don’t think they are in a prison because they have luggage. They also might be in a school because there is desks right by the rooms. There is also a notebook on one of the girl’s desks.
Anna (St. Paul, MN)
In the picture there are many identical work areas. Each one has an inkwell, a wooden chair, a candle, a portfolio or some kind and a box of tissues. There are also large wooden boxes in which the women look like they are resting in. You can also see that the wooden box that they are in is able to be closed and probably is when the are not in it. This picture may have been taken somewhere in Korea. You can see, also, that each folder has a different picture of a young women in it. Everyone might have the same break time because they are all resting in the wooden boxes.
Allison Dunlavey (Iowa)
I believe that this picture is a picture of dead people. The desks are for people who come to write things about the person who has died and they are able to see them before they are buried. I think that this is taking place somewhere in Japan.
Lauren Kalitla (Cape Cod, Riverview School, ELA class)
Kevin:
What’s happening here is there are girls sleeping in coffin in Asia. I think this because in different parts of the world like Asia or China kids would be sleeping in coffins. This is happening because people in Asia need to be in coffins. I believe that these girls are living in a hospital in Asia and they are probably sick with a sickness that we don’t know of but it might be a big virus that is not common in the U.S. I can see that these hospital beds kinda look like coffins to me because in every vampire movie a vampire would sleep in a coffin.
I can feel the emotion that these girls are feeling because they are very sick and the girls are living in a hospital beds in Asia. I can see that on the tables there are peoples information with candle, tissues, and ink pen. I can hear how they are feeling while they are being taken care of in a hospital in Asia.
Lauren Kalitla (Cape Cod, Riverview School, ELA class)
Michael:
What’s happening in this picture is: the girls in the picture are getting a funeral and burial after dying. They could be in a funeral home in China or Japan or somewhere like that in the East. The picture looks like it’s earlier this year late last year some point after the girls had passed. Those little things on the corner of the tables could be pens for the family’s to write their best wishes for the girls in the coffins. The time of day this picture was taken was the daytime on the floor through the windows. Their families must feel sad for their daughters.
Lauren Kalitla (Cape Cod, Riverview School, ELA class)
Lyla Fischer
In this photo, there are people wearing kimonos and are in coffins. There is a candle on each table and a candle would smell like a burning fire coming through a fire place. If you put a candle near you, you would feel the warmth of fire as you put on a warm blanket on you. I also see photos of the person in a booklet next to each coffin. I want to say that it’s somewhere underground. I think this because every person in kimonos that are in coffins are dead and not alive.
Lauren Kalitla (Cape Cod, Riverview School, ELA class)
Sam
What’s happening here in this picture is in Asia because the people look like they are Asian. There are people lying in coffins because they might have just passed away. I think this happened at 7:00PM. I think that the people are in a reenactment because they are all wearing the same clothes and they all have tissues on their tables so I do not think that they are dead. I think this happened because they might have just decided to be in a play or a show and decide that it would be an act where they lay down silently in boxes and not make any sounds.
I see men and women lying in boxes and not moving at all. I smell the smoke from the candles that are all on the tables near them. I feel that these people are actors and actresses and that they are pretending to be deceased. I taste the smoke from the candle cups as I walk into the room where they are all resting. I hear no talking while they are sleeping in the box.
Sophie (Illinois)
I believe that this is an Asian facility for children. They provide "beds" for the children, along with a desk for them to learn at. They also provide tissues, a pen of some sort, and a picture I.D.
Lauren Kalitla (Cape Cod, Riverview School, ELA class)
Tessa:
What’s happening here is a group of religious kids who are sick. I think this because I can see tissue boxes and their medical papers of the kids and their pictures. I think the kids are sleeping because the kids are laying down and their arms are crossed I think It Is daytime because the sun Is in coming in the room.
Quinton Perry (Kincaid IL)

It looks like these people are in a ritual of some kind or they meditating in a way in their culture.it also looks like they could be writing notes to somebody. There could be a lot of things that they could be doing they could be candle testing for all i know because they might be able to smell the candles better when they are laying down and in an enclosed space.They could also be in some type of class. They really do look like they are in foster care. They might be in a foster care that provides schools.
Mark (Illinois)
This may be a picture of a catholic school for girls.The girls in this picture may be getting a degree to be able to be priest.The girls may have to stay overnight and this may be where they sleep.The robes make me think that the girls are getting a degree to become a priest.The girls even have desk by their beds like they take lessons there.The picture looks like it was taken somewhere around a church or in a church.
Quinton Perry (Kincaid IL)
Maybe Idk....
Christopher Jones (Illinois)
I think it is a school house. They have paper, quill, backpack, and a booklet. Maybe they are learning about each other. The books don’t really match the people. It’s probably a school. Maybe. I hope it's not a funeral.
JamarvinNelson (Lhs)
i believe that they bed that thier are sleeping in and so when they get up and do everythang have to do . i believe they have class.
Brendan (Illinois)
I agree with you because I think they all have a sleep time or something. Also, They look like they all have like a pen in the top right corner of their desk. Next, They all have a desk and a chair which usually means they are working. Finally, I think they are in a school because they all look pretty young.
arod (elos)
they are in a religions retreat I think so cease they is more kids
Dylan (Illinois)
I think you should explain what you see in the background of the picture.
Lexi (Illinois)
I think that their are people sleeping inside of boxes. I think that they might be remembering relatives that have passed. I think this because they have used tissues and they lit candles.
AJ (ILLinois)
I think they had been in some kind of building and sleeping. They might be sleeping in a hotel of something like that because they are sleeping.
Michael (Illinois)
AJ that is really good but how do you now another way other than they are sleeping.
Sam (Illinois)

I think these kids are in an orphanage and it is also it kind of looks like a restaurant. I think that because these kids wouldn't be sleeping their if they had parents. Also it kind of looks like a restaurant because there are napkins. I think the owner is mean because he or she is making those kids sleep in a box.
Chloe (Illinois)
I think these people are meditating because there are candles and usually people close their eyes when they meditate. Meditating is very calm and and it’s is supposed to calm people down and it looks and if there are no distractions and no one looks like they are talking to each other. It looks like on the table there is a bell which could be like they are getting service by people or they could be getting a massage because they have robes on. They all look really calm, like they are meditating.
Kevin (Illinois)
I agree nice job
Ethan (Illinois)
One thing you didn't add is about there picture on the table. These people can be being treated by a disease and that can be their medical profile.
Michael (Illinois)

I infer these women are dead and the place they are in is probably china because of there clothes. I think this because there are some napkins and a small light. Also they have a little notebook about them.
Mason (ilinois)
how do you know they are dead what if they are sleeping
Jessica (IL)
I think that these kids are at an orphanage somewhere in Asia and they and their bed is a box. I also think that they have little desk where they might learn. They have a little candle for light and pen to write in a notebook
Anika (illinois)
what signs could prove that this is a orphanage? how come they dont have pillows or blankets?
Amanda (Illinois)
I think that the girls in the picture are at a boarding school or an orphanage because there are bags by them and a picture of them in a binder and on the other page it looks like a log in sheet or a sheet of homework. I think they are asleep because they are wearing robes. I think this is an open adoption because there are kleenexes on the desk. I think this represents that parents didn’t have enough money to take care of them so they feel guilty. I think this takes place in Asia because they look like they are Asian.
Charlotte Young (Lowndes High School)
I think that is a indoor shrine or place of burial. My reason for saying this is because these people are laying in open caskets and appear to be dead, beside them is a table with a box of tissues, a lit candle, and a picture of the deceased.
Amanda (Illinois)
I love your ideas but why do you think they are dead?
Daneille (Ilinois)
Why do you think they have a box of tissues, a candle, and a picture of them?
emily lozano (Torres)
maybe taking a break from doing to much work and that's their resting place
c.o (houston tx)
i think that in this picture is a fake ceremony of how the koreans do when a person dies because it can be see in the picture that relatives can go and talk to heir family member or friend.
AJ (ILLinois)
I think you can not add anything bad
kmendoza (LA)
This picture shows a type of restaurant but there's Chinese people where they are relaxing may be because is also a spa too.
Daneille (Ilinois)
Why do you think it is a restaurant?
Gilbert (la)
there are people inside coffin and there is a story of the person death. there are tissue there a is paper and there writing on them also a picture. i think people go there to read the dead of the person. fake funeral
cassandra (school)
i think they are dead because they have a picture of them and candles
Sam (Illinois)
Why do you think that. I think you need to add more information.
Michael (Illinois)
That's good but i think you can give some more details.
julio vazquez (Los Angeles)
the people is lying down resting after doing some homework, I think that because the people have book, candle, pictures, nap pends. its look like a restaurant.
tracy (loa ngeles)
i see coffins and candles and thier stuff right beside them and thier picture. it looks kinda creepy. but what comes to my head is that maybe their just resting their body
HingleMcDingleBerry (East Los Angeles, CA)
I remember watching this on the news, I don't remember quite well but it had to do something with their tradition. they show their respect of their loved ones by putting them selves in a box/ coffin.
Deysi (Houston,TX)
In the picture it looks like the people that are laying down are placing there self in the position that the person in the picture are,as if the the person in the picture is dead or something
Isac Armenta (Houston)
I think its a fake funeral but its addressing maybe how these kids might have died and it shows a picture of them, there's Kleenex for the family members for them to cry, the lamp is for making a wish .
Woodlands (Waterloo, Ontario)
We see coffins, candles and Kleenex. The people may be re-enacting an event. Wen see their legs and backpacks. They are wearing robes. One of the pictures doesn't match up to the person. We think the picture is staged for their own mourning or for a play.
Adrian A (Houston tx)
This picture was taken in korea at a school service, Students were very busy workers so they came to this service to rest. Their doing this because their is a high rate of suicide committed so they excise their life and how they need enjoy life.
Victoria D. And Cooper L. (Florida)
We think that this is a group funeral for an accident that was somewhere in Asia. This could be a big accident and this is a way for people to learn about the victims. This is also a good way to bring the families to rest and move on.
BRIANNA (JOHN CENA)
GRADUATION TIME FOR MUNKS
Ghost (School)
This is picture is a baptism
Caleb Trout (florda)
it is a whole bunch of kids reenacting a burial service
Brett S (Calmar, Iowa)
I think that in this picture they are having some sort of a religious ceremony. I think this because they are all wearing the same clothing and they all have the same picture of someone. It could be some sort of a remembrance of someone. I think that picture of the person and the kleenex beside the desk makes me think that its some sort of a funeral.
Micaela (calmar)
I think that they are dead and lying in their coffins and the tables next to them are the stories of their life and their pictures that somebody else is writing about them.
Kayla (Iowa)
I think that they it could be a part of what they do in Japanese schools. Maybe at a religious Japan school, lay in a box and think or meditate for a time while in school.
Areli (Houston TX)
this picture is a fake funeral service from south korea
Mia G. (Galena park)
This picture shows people in a fake casket morning they're loved ones. It looks like they are seeing what it feels like to be "dead" maybe? it looks like some sort of religious act.
Isaac A (Houston Tx.)
this picture above us. was taken in korea at a school service area. this students looking like they were to busy and tired of working on there worksheet. they where chosen to take a rest in the wooden box that they are laying down in.
Emily (Illinois)
Isaac, you have a great response, but I think tat you can add why you think this.
Haley D. (Dallas,Texas)
This picture was taken in South Korea at a fake funeral service. If you look up South Korea working customs you could probably find something like this. You can tell its in Korea because practically everyone has black hair and they are wearing gold and white robes. These fake funerals take place to make employees appreciate their lives no matter how stressed they are. They do this because the South Korean working class has a good sized suicide rate.
Jade Williams (Lowndes High School)
I agree with you because it's a fake funerals.
Alexis (NBHS; KY)
I think they are doing a religious ceremony. Like I think they are mourning the deaths of their loved ones and they believe they can get closer to the deceased by laying in wooden coffins. I think this because they have candles, tissues, pictures of the loved ones, and it looks like a letter to them.
amberleighpederson (St.Germain WI)
In this picture, it looks like there in a school but also their house because they don't have one. These people look like there from China. The room it self-looks like a funeral home and maybe the kids are practicing how to be when they die. It also looks like the kids could be taking a nap.
Leah (Illinois)
I like the ideas! But, why do you think all that?
jr (wisconsin)
11-14-16
It is a school. There is school work. They have a bell and a box of kleenex. They have a journal. The bell is for they need help. There is a bag. It is for coming for school. They are in a box because they are sleeping. They have a chair to sit in. They are Chinese.
Kevin (Illinois)
Hi jr: how do you know they are chinese?
Anika (illinois)
I think that these are people who are sick and they are at this place where they are kept to insure that the virus they have doesn’t get spread because it is lethal. They also have their picture, and a tissue box. They have a bag full of supplies just in case they need it. It could be night because they are sleeping. They have a certificate of authorization to sort them out so you know who to give the medicine too. Some of the boxes are closed tso that can mean some people got better.
Brendan (Illinois)
In this picture I can infer, that the people are having rest time in school. I know this because there are a lot of kids with desks and chairs. Also, I think it is a school because they all have backpacks. Next, I think this picture takes place in china because there are so many desks and I know that China is a very well populated country. Also, I think it is China because everything looks handmade and I also know that China make a lot of materials.
T M S (MN)
I think that they are practicing a religious ceremony of death. They are sleeping in a coffins to get comfortable with death. I also think that they are at a school for death so they can prepare for their time to go.
Micaela (calmar)
They could be and maybe they're pretending that they died.
Anika (Chicago IL)
i think that these are members of a weird japanese program on how it feels like to be dead.
AJ (ILLinois)
I think they're in some kind of orphaning for people who had their parents died. They might have been alone for a few days.
Daneille (Ilinois)
In the picture I think the kids are sick. I can tell that they are sick because in the background there is tissues all over someone's desk. They might be in a hospital because I see bells. THey might be assistance bells so you ring for a nurse to come. Also a journal is on a desk which might be for when they get bored they can write.
Dominique (MN)
That is true but why would there be Kleenex by them with a pen and paper. I do agree with you the only thing that don't make seen is the chairs and the Kleenex with the pen.
Daneille (Ilinois)
In the picture I think the kids are sick. I can tell that they are sick because in the background there is tissues all over someone's desk. They might be in a hospital because I see bells. THey might be assistance bells so you ring for a nurse to come. Also a journal is on a desk which might be for when they get bored they can write. I know they are not dead because someone has a suitcase.
Mason (ilinois)
I think the children are sleeping and it is there school and they are just taking a nap but they don’t have that much money so they have to sleep in a box. Maybe they just at home and they need to rest until they have to go to school.
Dylan (Illinois)
I think there are kids at a school and the kids are napping because they got a prize. I think that because they are sleeping and it looks they are in a school. I think they sit on a bench and the bench folds out. There is also a desk holding a pencil,candle, tissues, and the persons profile.
nicole anderson (mn)
they are sleeping died or they are takeing a nap.At school maybe becuse its hard work at school.
EC (MN)
I think that this is a chines funeral home preparation. And those are all of the people who have passed away and are in the coffins. Or they are having the funeral right there because there are candles and pictures of the people next to them.
fat bear (mm)
I think that they are dead because there are tissuse that when they come they came get one.And I think that when they see them i bet they can cry when they see them.And when family come they can rember them by the photors of them.
alissa (mn)
I think that they are sleeping.I wonder why they are sleeping in a coffin bed and why. The girls in the picture are there daters or wifes.
Ethan (Illinois)
I think these people are being treated for a disease because they are in contained boxes and everybody has a profile that probably tells the doctors what is wrong with them.
Amanda (Illinois)
I think this picture is at a boarding school. I think this because there is a desk in each room and there are kids in bed things. I think it can also be in like japan or something because of the beds they are in. I don’t think people are dead because there is a tissue box and candle and a desk.
Leah (Illinois)
Maybe the kids are learning how to meditate because they seem calm and there are notebooks next to them that they could have been taking notes on. Also, there are candles maybe to make a calming scent? Maybe they're doing this because they want to be able to sleep better or remember their dreams. They are all wearing the same thing so it might be a school and they’re wearing uniforms. They probably aren’t in the U.S. , they might be in Japan or Korea.
Amanda (Illinois)
Korea
ss (MN)
I think they are ether or dead. because the boxes that the girls that they are in. Plus of the tissues,a picture of them, and a notebook that ether somebody wrote in or the girls did. Also there is a bag at each box, that I think is a gift to each girl.
Noah (Ilinois)
I think these people are at school in Asia because there are books at their table. I also think they have sleep time because the people in the picture are sleeping. I think they are sleeping in a casket, because I think in Asia they sleep in caskets. Finally I think they are at school because they each have their own little desks.
Gabi (illinois)
I think in this picture there are many people who look like they are wearing robes. Also it looks like they are in holding cells. They have suplies. They may be sick from a virus because they are all in the same room and that room seems to be full of people and conseald. On the desk, there is a candle and a picture of themselves. There is also a notebook and tissues.
Robert (Deerfield, IL)
The students are using boxes as their beds because they’re tired of learning at school. There are blankets in the boxes for naptime. Next to them is their desk that has a candle, a notebook, and a tissue box. This takes place in the UK because in the US, there are no beds next to their desk.
Kevin (Illinois)
I think the girls are in school and they are sleeping. This probably a school where you have to sleep in school and you can only see your parents on the weekends. I think this because there are books are on the tables and there are tables in the back where you eat.
Emily (Illinois)
I think that this is a picture of kids at a boarding school or some sort of overnight school because they are sleeping. Also I know this is a school because there are desks and backpacks. It looks like there many kids. They are all dressed the same, in a white and yellow robe, and you can see what they look like from the picture on the desk. They have clipboard with writing on it. Also they have kleenex. Some of them used them, and some didn’t.
Victor (Bay Shore)
I think they are dead because I see people lying down in the boxes.I think they are dead because I see tissues on all the tables and I see photographs on the tables.
Obed (Bay shore)
I think they are sleeping because I see the people lying down in boxes and they are wearing robes. I do not think they are dead because I think it is a plece where the students are being taken care of.
Dominique (MN)
True but don't you think there beds would be a little bit bigger. They know there beds by having there pictures by there bed. Those pictures might be telling the people who take care of them who they are.
Steven (Bay Shore)
I think that many women died and the notebook is to leave memories and the tissues are for relatives.
nicole anderson (mn)
me to i think that that died
T M S (MN)
ok but it cooled also be a shool
Ricardo (Bay shore)
l think they are Chinese because the eyes are very small and l think they died because of a virus.
Carlleon (P)
The kids are sick and are being cared for,They are wrapped up in blankets, They are in boxes
alissa (mn)
They are in coffin
Dylan (Illinois)
I think you should add more detail.
Charlotte Young (Lowndes High School)
This must be some kind of shrine or place to mourn. I think they are dead, because they are laying in wooden coffins, they appear to look like one who is sleeping. But as we clearly see this cannot be the case for death only happens to us once.
JamarvinNelson (Lhs)
I think it a board that the children lay in as a bed and they got their table right by them and another item that they need and look like they are sleep.
LNash (Tennessee)
My students feel that this is a place where students are being taken care of. Possibly an orphanage or they are sick in some way. I have another set of students who feel that this is a place of learning, a school or college of some sort. They think the people in the boxes are sleeping. My last class of students feel these are adults who are participating in a memorial/wake of some sort. They think the writing located on the desk is communication of some sort. Perhaps, to those who are coming to visit them.
Clayton HHHS (Hanover, MI)
I think that this could be a school in another country. There seems to be a desk area with papers, a candle, tissues, and a picture of someone on it. Next to the desk it looks like there is a backpack of some sort. I have no clue what the people are doing, but they must be sleeping.
grace (cascade high school)
To me it looks like people are pretending to be dead to imagen what it would be like to be dead. It also looks like there are pictures of the people that are dead sitting next to the coffin that the people are laying in.
Mr. Esteban's Class (Kalihi Kai Elementary)
I think the people are sleeping and this might be there job. This image is creepy. I think it is like a haunted house and the people in the boxes are going to scare people. I think the people in the boxes are trying to imagine death and feel like they are dead.
cainnnnnnnnnn-nnnnn-nnnnn (africaaaaaaaa)
Asian kids during naptime in japan or similar at some weird reform school or something...
mikayla elizabeth dunn (cascade high schoool)
I think that this picture shows people that have passed away being displayed in their coffins like open casket funerals and family and friends can come say goodbye to their loved ones that have passed and they have a nice picture of the departed and they can sign their name next to it and the parents of the dead person probably get it when they are cremated or buried, and the candles are there to see if it is dark and they have tissues because they probably cry because the person they love is dead
GARRETT (cascade high school)
I think this photo is of a boarding school. I think this because on of them has a backpack. also they have desks with what looks like name tags with a photo of them
fat bear (mm)
I think your right garrett
sam (cascade high school)
A lot of the items in the room are made of wood, the chair, the floor, the boxes. I also see that they are all wearing similar clothes, they all have yellow and white robs on. On the stands next to them they have tissue boxes along with pictures of themselves. There is also a candle and maybe a bowl of ink with a pen in it.
Albert Nguyen (SP, CA)
This looks oddly like a some kind of funeral home or disease home. Basically, it's to clean for a school, no matter the country. The reason I think their dead because most kids will squirm and move if they have to stay in a sodden box especially does half naked people. The tissue box left on the the table could be used by mournful relatives or friends. The writing could be their last will or cause of death. The candle could be used to symbolize if their alive or dead. The person who took this photo must have mixed feelings, maybe creepy, sad, or relaxed. He or she must be a reporter, relative, gravedigger, or something close.
Aeryn Alvarez (AOSE)
It looks like some kind of shrine or place to mourn students (judging by the backpacks and pictures in the folders) or children who have presumably died. They look dead, at least. I'm guessing by the candles and the uncomfortable way they are lying down that those are coffins devoted to mourning them.
Ryan (around here)
Sending dead people back to asia
ZoeAOSE (AOSE)
Overall this picture can lead to many different conclusions. I believe this is a picture of a school. There are uniform desks besides each trunk that contain binders with a pen. Also, each desk has a bell which could be used for when answering a question. There are used tissues on the desk, so the children of the school were probably there slightly before. There is a backpack, and some other bags near the desk, which lead me to think that this is a school. All the children seem to be sleeping inside of the trunks. It seems as if the trunks are closed during most of the day, and act as a desk or storage, which you can see from the far right side of the room. When they are used, they are opened and then slept in. Because of the white and yellow robes everyone is wearing, perhaps this is a requirement or a uniform. At first I thought this was a funeral arrangement place, but upon further investigation, I refuted that idea. The people are wearing different clothing under their robes, like sweatpants and socks. This gives off an air of informality, which hopefully would not be present in a funeral place. Also, the trunks are open and right next to the desks, and I do not think most funeral worker would work right beside an open casket. Lastly, some chairs seem to be out of place, subjecting someone was once sitting their and then moved. Since I concluded that this was not a funeral place, I moved on to thinking that this setting is a school.
Angelina Lambert (Garrison Middle School)
It seems like the girls are sick and sleeping. Each cubicle has a desk with a pad of paper halfway filled out, like a doctor's note. The desk also has a picture of each individual girl lying in the bed, and there is are backpacks next to each; so they may be at school.
Deidra (Walla Walla, WA)
I think that this is a school that the kids are there and they have to sleep. They have their own desk and it looks like they have their own desk and bed. They may be at a private school that has them sleeping in their "dorm" like places.
Sarah M. (W2)
This is obviously in a different country where they are probably in school and they look younger so it's probably nap time for them.
Amanda (Illinois)
I agree with you. Do you think that the candles are there for a reason?
Annie Y. (Walla Walla WA.)
It looks like the people are in coffins and are trying to imagine what being dead is like. There are photos of them next to the coffin on the desk, along with tissues and a candle. Next to the desk, there is a bag, maybe a bookbag for school.
Cormac S (CNHS)
They are sick people living in their boxes chilling out resting. Getting ready to get deported because of Donald Trump. The paper on their desk is their last goodbye to everyone that has ever cared for them. The candle is their last hot fire bars that they will leave in that country.
r (Chanhassen)
Im guessing its some sort of medical treatment. It seems that there are bells and boxes of tissues if they need help. It seems to have a profile on each child on the desk, which makes me think that there are people working with them or on them.
Emily (Chanhassen, MN)
This either looks like it could be a wax museum or else dead bodies at a visitation or getting ready to be cremated. There is candles that could we for the wax and books with writing like notes and a picture of the person.
Eden (Chanhassen)
I think these kids are in school, because I see a notebook and a picture of each student. They are probably meditating, this is definitely not in america, I can tell this because the way that the whole place is made out of wood, and the ethnicity of every student, as well as the students laying in wooden boxes. It seems they are meditating on something sad I know this because they all have tissue boxes.
Jaiden (Chanhassen)
I think this is like some kind of museum where you can go see people that have died. But I think these people are not real, like mannequins. I see boxes of tissues on each table with a picture of the person.
Aeryn Alvarez (AOSE)
The museum idea is interesting. I wouldn't have thought of that!
keila (houston)
veo amuchas personas acostadas adentro de un baul y ala par de ellos hay una mesa yena de un libro con una fotografia de una mujer tambien hay una vela y una campana y serbilletas y abajo de la mesa hay una mochila.
Adrian..G (Houston)
I think there's a class that is being thought about how being dead in a coffin feels like, I think of that because of the candle, their information, and how they have their position in the box may in fact seem like they are students, but also because they have their bags next to them.
Lol (MN)
These people are meditating. They are laying in boxes. Their picture, a box of tissues, and a candle on the table next to them.
Zoey Smith (Chan)
There are kids most likely in high school, and they are wearing robes that are all the same. Could be school and they are meditating. Or they could be sick, and taking a nap to get rid of the sickness.
Daniel Aaron Cantu (Galena Park, Texas)
it looks like they're meditating
ann (alabama)
I think that these people are in a meditating room in a spa somewhere in japan.
Genie Ladd (Alabama)
i think they are sick or they are meditating.
Natalie (Alabama)
I think it is a place to meditate because there are candles and pictures to write about themselves to make them feel good.
Liv Bath (Kewaskum)
They seem like they are in coffins and maybe they are writing about the dead. Or could be there cultures.
Mary Frances (Alabama)
I think this is a spa/relaxation room. The photos of the people on the desks are the massager people. I think people come here when they get sick and maybe the massages help them heal.
Sarah (UMS)
I think that these are life size dolls or mannequins of real people that have died. The pieces of paper next to them are where you can come in, if you can know them, and write stories or information about them.
Hannah N (Minnesota)
I don't know and I don't like it. Mabey meditation maybe they are dead.
722452 (Galena park high school)
they are wearing robes. it looks like they are like in a hospital they are sleeping because they are sick you can tell because they have a box of tissues on the little table.
Broooo (Ciliarda)
maybe they sleep over night at school
Isaac (Wisconsin)
I think that this picture is taken in a school in Asia where they take a break, or meditate. I think this is at a school because there are notebooks with writing in them, as if the kids where writing a easy. I also think that this is a school because the have a lunchbox. This would be great for tests because everyone is hidden from each other.
Chrisawe (Minnesota)
Their are people in white and yellow robes in a wooden box. Next to each box, their is a table with a picture, candles and tissues. Could be a ceremony of some sort.
hdbegd (gajhdh)
they are meditating because they are sad or sleeping because they are sick.
Mario De La Cruz (Galena Park)
it looks like a medatation room in korea for kids in school
Andrew M (Chanhassen High School)
I think the kids are trying to sleep. Maybe they go to a weird private school where they have nap time.
maddie (chan)
looks like theyre dead
Someone (Somewhere)
I think the kids are in school and are in a meditating class and they are grieving.
ryan (chanhassen)
maybe a nurse office?
KR Viper (chan high MN)
It's kinda freaky, i mean a bunch of kids sleeping in boxes and with small restricted spaces. And not to mention that there are files of them next to them on the table. WHAT IS THIS?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
kevin (MN)
they are planing their own funeral from everything to the picture of them to the speech
Tyler D. (Chanhassen)
in china schools like to put there students in boxes with no pads to teach them to be respectful and it gives the teachers a break the ones that are closed they are dead.
gracie (sms)
In this picture the kids are doing a experiment for a class. The little table beside them has a folder on it about the person. It has a picture of them and writing on them or about the experiment they are doing.
anya marti (kewaskum)
I think that there in a coffin and there dead!!!
romel (houston)
medatating room
BE (Houston)
girls are in boxes because they are relaxing.
Leah (Illinois)
Hey BE! That is a good idea, but why are they relaxing, what do you see?
Jason.C (Houston)
It look like a type of religion school for student be priest after they pass the school. But what it look like student are sleeping in wooden casket as a test or a project.
Max (Houston)
A room were you can have a moment of silence and peace
Jason Kertscher (K-Town)
It looks kinda weird.Kids are in a box sleeping. It kinda looks they are dead. It looks like a coffin.
Matt Buechel (Kewaskum WI)
It looks like it is a coffin for kids and it is being built for tech ed and the picture next to it is a report of how big the coffin is and how wide. There in it for a demonstration.
brady (kms)
i think this picture is from china and the kids are in the nursing office maybe i can tell becuase they all have tissues and the fourth on the right has used alot.
Matthew (Kewaskum)
I think its a place where people sleep and work. I think this because there are people sleeping in boxes and there are desks right next to the sleeping boxes and the desk has stuff you can use to work with. Also, looks like there are cubicles like were business and some other workers work.
Zann (Alabama)
i think its like a practice funeral. the other kids in my class room think they are all committing suicide.
Hallie (Alabama)
I think this is in either China, South Korea, or Japan. I think that they are all laying in coffins maybe. They have their picture with notes beside it, tissues, and a candle on the table beside the box or coffin. I think maybe they could be praying to their dead ancestors or meditating. It must be a sad time for the people, because the tissues being beside the table.
Kiera M (KMS)
I think they could be practicing a ritual!! Or practicing what they will do when they are dead!!! :)

Or nursing place...
Teagan Carroll (kewaskum)
I see Chinese students taking a nap in a long storage bin. The reason why i say that is because i had a long storage bin and i would take naps in it all the time. They are actually really comfy if you add a pillow and blanket...In my opinion it also makes a great hiding spot for hide and seek!
kenya jackson (galena park)
what i think that this picture is shown is that those people are maybe students,in the school that allows the students another way to focus on their work and its a way that they can refresh their memory/or take a break in taking tests.
brandont2022 (Wisconsin)
I think this is a place where you talk to the dead. It seems really creepy to me.
Jackie K. (Alabama)
I think that these people are are possibly doing some kind of mock-funeral thing because they are in coffin structures, but there are holes in the boxes. These people may be doing this in an attempt to show the results of crime in cities or something. These kids are not dead.
Carter Sinclair (Alabama)
I think that this is an assisted suicide center where they die from lethal injection or something along the lines of that. Since there's a notebook right next to their "coffin" maybe it's a suicide note, to tell their loved ones why they were unhappy with their lives.
Mrs. Koyl's 2A (Burton, MI)
*This picture really stumped all my students!
2nd Hour: Possibly preparing for some kind of burial ceremony (everyone is DEAD!!!). Or maybe not dead, and just some ceremony, that involves resting.
3A: Not sure. Some of us don’t they’re dead because they wouldn’t have that many dead people. Some of us think it’s a mass-counseling situation. And one of us thinks they are dead and their obituaries are being written.
3B: Not sure. We think it has something to do with an official examination (physical, mental, etc.) because of the wooden boxes and the portfolio-thing on the desk/table.
4A: At some kind of special Asian school in a foreign country, students are taking a break from their work (written page and picture in binder).
4B: In a foreign Asian country, this is some kind of pre-death ritual, and serves as a chance for them to experience some of death.
5A: This is in a foreign Asian country, and this is some kind of mass medical exam for girls (the paper on the desk is their information).
5B: Some of us think these girls attend a religious school and are fulfilling some kind of tradition.
masen (sms)
This is a school in China and these are the people who stay the night. I say this is in China because if you look at the writing on the papers it is in Chinese. Also, some of them have their bags and lunch boxes on them. Another reason I think this is a school is because on the corner of each desk is a feather in a jar of ink. The candles are used as night lights for those who stay and need to see to get around.
Hailey (SMS)
There are kids in a box and they are wearing robes. They are sleeping because they are sick. I can tell that they are sick because there is a box of tissues next to them. The table next to the box they are in is where one of the nurses sits and helps the kids.
john 88 (NC HTHS)
medatating room
Faith (SMS)
I think the little kids might be dead because they are in a coffin. Beside the coffin there is a little desk with the kid's picture and there is also a box of tissues. It seems to me the kids parents are trying to plan their funeral because by the kid's pictures there is a piece of paper with words. On the desks there is a candle which is lit. There is also some used tissues from where people were crying. I think this picture was taken in the 1900s because there is a pen that looks like you have to dip it in ink.
ZoeAOSE (AOSE)
This is a very though out comment @Faith. Just on the side, do you think funeral arrangement places would have stations that were that close? Also, do you think the caskets would be left open at night?
RR (School)
I think that there are children in school that are working on a project, and they are taking a break and napping.
kevin (MN)
they look like they might be getting over something, judging from the fact that they have tissues
Luke Peterson (Chan)
This is in north korea where kids can make their coffins for them. They are testing their coffins to know what the size can be if they die. There are holes so the kids can breathe.
Graham E. (chs)
it looks like they are sleeping before they start working somewhere over in asia. It looks like a school because they have notebooks out and there are desks and the coffin like boxes everywhere
Savanna A (CNHS)
I think that they are in school and they are learning about people that have died and how they are put in a coffin.
bet (bet)
This is some type of museum, where maybe there are people alive that represent dead people or people who died and it has like a description and stuff about the person.
jesus (hernandez)
they look like their at work and taking a nap
jared ebert (place)
i think this is some monks getting in touch with there spirts
Jonah P (I don't know)
Kids in boxes.
Cassie S (School)
There are people maybe in a certain religion or cult remaking something or praying maybe? maybe they are at catholic school or worshiping dead people or something
Kaelyn M (Chan)
I think these people are mourning the loss of family member and they are trying to reconnect with them
Emily (chanhassen)
it looks like some sort of way to mourn the dead the children are in their open caskets and the desk beside them with a chair is for loved ones to pray for them and write in the journal with their pictures and the tissues are for relatives that are crying.
ZoeAOSE (AOSE)
This is an interesting comment @Emily, just one question, some of the children are wearing sweatpants, while others are not, do you think this may refute your hypothesis due to the lack of formality, or do you think the children are just wearing whatever their parents can afford?
Joe Scholle (don't need to know)
these people have the privilege to make there own coffin so when they die they know that they are in the perfect coffin.
Abby A (CNHS)
It looks kind of like a restaurant type place. Maybe it is a place where you can go and mourn the loss of a loved one or pretending to die? I also think this is in a country like South Korea.
Piper (MN)
I think people write about the people in the boxes, because next to each box is a desk with a folder of the person in the box with notebook paper next to it. The people that write are probably on a break which is why they are not in the room. I don't know why there are people in the boxes though. They may be dead or dying.
Derek W (Chan Highschool)
There are chinese kids sleeping. They are probably taking a nap mid doing their homework or something. It looks like they were writing in their notebooks recently
rocio ledezma (gphs)
in this picture look that they are in school and in there house they are like in a private camp
Tay (Minnesota)
I have no idea what is happening with this picture but it looks like the people are either sleeping or like relaxing in a wooden box. I notice that they all have their own desks with a picture of themselves and a journal that they have written in. Maybe they are at a meditation place or they are sick and at some sort of place to help them get better.
VTS Moderator (Brooklyn, NY)
So many interesting comments today! I'm impressed with how many commenters elaborated on their ideas by providing evidence from the picture. This picture gives us lots to think about—the location (possibly a school, a workplace or a funeral home), the people (children or workers), and the geographical location (somewhere in Asia, but where exactly?). Most frequently, commenters have discussed just what action might be taking place (a mourning ritual, meditation, or rest during the work/school day). It’s so fun to try to figure out what happening in a picture like this. Keep looking, keep commenting, and check back on Thursday afternoon when more information will be shared about the image!
Jacob S. (Minnesota)
By the looks of it...um. well they are either in the worlds worst hospital/workplace/hotel or it is a freaky wax museum and the figures in the coffins, are replicas of actual people, hence why there's a picture on the desks next to the. coffin- things...but they are not living humans....
Andrew M (Chanhassen High School)
Were they alive when they got into the boxes???
Daddy shane (Jorden's house)
In this picture it looks like it is in either a place in China or Japan by the way these peoples faces are (not racist) and by the way they are dressing. Looks like a school because these people have desks and a folder out, but it also might be there home because they are sleeping in what looks like a big wooden box. #harambe
Person (LCMS)
In this picture I can see people sleeping in coffin like structures. They are all wearing the same white and yellow robes. They all have a picture of a little girl and a notebook on there desk . They also have tissues, and candles. I think they may be religious figures due to there robes. Why are they all looking at the same picture? What is there goal? I don't know?
Chris (LCMS)
In this picture it looks like people are sleeping in side wood type boxes. In the the back there is a person wearing a lab coat. So by that it makes me think tha the person in the back is examining the people while they are sleeping yo see what they do. On the desk there is a picture of the person sleeping so this I basically like a science experiment because there are a lot of people in that room. This picture looks like it is taken place in Japan I say that because they probably wouldn't allow this experiment in the U.S.
tyler l (nc hths)
1. they are sleeping in a box
2. them sleeping in a box
3. their desk with portfolios
Annie I. (NC, HTHS)
It looks to me that these children may be sleeping in a box. From a long day at work.
Anthony (Lcms)
What I see in this picture is a whole bunch of women, possibly of Asian ethnicity lyng down in cramped wooden boxes withlids on them. they all seem to be wearing a white and yellow type of clothing. There are tables right next to them with a picture of that woman with a piece of paper, and a box of tissues.
unknown (LCMS)
In this picture it looks like a school; were kids are writing about themselves. also they might be like in 5th grade cause they could be taking nap time. Or they could be like meaditaing.
Dude dudely (Dudesville)
It seems to be a little group of students that are in the process of nap time at their school. The reason i think their at school is because they have a desk with a bag next to them. I think that the pictures are of themselves and they are doing a project that is a "all about me project". They are also laying in these box type containers which i can only assume is them having a nap in.
IRIJAH S. (LCMS)
In this picture I see what I think are dead people laying in coffins and they are I guess testing to see what caused there death. I also think it could just be a restaurant and when they are done eating they lay down in the coffins and rest to let there food digest. Another possibility is it is a school and that's why there are books a white board candles and tissues and maybe they have a nap time for when they get tired. It could also possibly be the coffins are there because the people are dead and there family goes there to see them while they lay there and that might be why they all have tissues and candles and then there's the boards where they right letters to the descended family members. It is also weird how they all have the same outfit on it must be like that because they want them like that since they're dead.
im anonymous (houstone tejas)
to the looks of things these Chinese girls are in the middle of writing an autobiography because of the pictures and paragraphs to the side of the picture
Nicholas (Pennsylvania)
If you look closely, you can see what I hope aren't dead bodies in wooden coffins. This has to be in another country like in Asia cause I think this isn't legal in America. It could for the people who loved that person very much cause you can see that there are tissues and what looks like a picture of the person who passed or the person who is visiting. This could be in a church cause if I'm not mistaken, they don't do this anywhere else. It could also be for the people who loved them very much to see them one last time.
sara najera (school)
the setting of the picture shows how the students are at school because they look to young to be working and they look tired because there taking a nap so they can be ready for the next activity
Rocio Requena (Houston)
i see asian people laying down in wooden boxes and on the side of them they have a small table with their picture of then a candle and something they wrote about themselves.
Colin (LCMS)
It looks like a form of meditation or some sort of religious practice having something to do with the person in the picture on the table. It looks like it takes place in an Asian country.
jessie (houston)
it looks like these people are taking a break from work
Valerie (houston)
i see people that are tired so thats why there are laying down in wooden boxes and everybody is dressed the same next to some table with a picture of them with a candle.
Jennifer (Houston TX)
I see Asian people laying down inside the wooden boxes. Everyone has candles lighten up with a picture and something written next to it. They also have a box of tissues and there own bags. It looks like if they are covered with long robe. Probably they will stay there for a certain time because of the bags they have next to the table.
Kriselda Narvaez (Houston TX)
Its people thats honoring their past realitives . their like laying down resting and praying
Jessica Huerta (Houston tx)
These people look like they are sleeping
Christian C (GPHS)
I think that this picture is showing Chinese people laying down in their belongings and they all have separate boxes. This makes me think that they live in china and everybody has their own autobiography.
savanna (mclendon)
They have their own sections at a center for the. I say this because they are in these bed looking things and they all have their own table. They have stuff on the tables.
KolbyL (NC HTHS)
There is kids at school taking a nap.
There is little desks with notes on them that the kids probably wrote.
They are covered up with white and yellow blankets.
Luke Peterson (Chan)
a nap in a coffin, thats wierd.
Kristin (LCMS)
In this picture, it looks like some kind of sleeping place where these people sleep in boxes, or just really enclosed places. It looks like some kind of scientific type place too. It doesn't seem as if normal people would want to sleep in such tiny boxes where they have barely any room to move, so why do these people want to? It really confuses me, and baffles my brain. It also looks as if there is any opening to "boxes", so the people might be able to open or close the boxes, but it looks like they want to keep them open.
ZacharyW (North Carolina)
I think that it is funereal home for young that have died.It looks like everyone their is wearing the same thing it maybe a tradition that they have. It looks like every thing is made of wood and there are folder that have pictures in them.
Shane Collier (Lcms)
In this picture It looks like that the there are people who have been working all day. I think they have been working all day because they are all wearing the same uniform and they look tired. They only look tired because they are laying down in benches. I think they are benches because they open up and they also are along tables that have food on them. This picture looks like it was taken in china. i think that because of the clothing they are wearing and the colors. I think this was taken recently because of the colors and clothing.
Leigh s (hths)
these people are trying to save space in a countries that has too many people for example china.they are in small boxs asleep and they have a desk and a chair and one person has a bag.there seems to be hundreds of these boxs and it looks like they all have the same robe on.
AlishaF (North Carolina HTHS)
I think that this might be some sort of mourning area.
There is the child in a box (coffin), and on the table there is a picture of the child when they were still alive. Also, there are tissues, I'm assuming for crying family members or friends, and also a pen, paper, and candle, so they can write something about the person who died.
Looks like there are bags behind the boxes, probably the items that once belonged to the child.
Ana P (North Carolina)
There are kids in school probably testing an experiment out. I know this because there are book bags and desks beside each student and at school you cant sleep in classrooms at that age so they are probably testing an experiment out. The students are sleeping inside a box, There are two holes were the children heads are probably so they can breathe when they close the box.
VTS Moderator (Brooklyn, NY)
@Ana P, you have a new idea about what might be going on in the picture, connecting the details of what might be book bags with what the people are doing. What more can you find in the details of the picture?
gage b (rocky point NC)
it looks like a work place or some type of school and the people there are taking a break from working
Lucas (sms)
This is a big church full of people that are recently dead. The chair is there so you can look at them and see who they were before they died. The tissues are there so if you cry you can wipe your face off with them. The people died from everyday occurrences.
kaitlyn l. (hths)
In this picture mannequins are being shipped to stores or places to work off a product. What makes me say that in this picture is plastic people shaped to look like real people and there all wearing the same rob. Also the background like how theirs work stations beside every box, and how there wooden boxes and everything is would so the the owner must really like wood.
Anonymous (Lcms)
The setting of this picture looks like a school because of the desks and chairs. The children look like they were working on something but stopped so they could have nap time because of what is on their desks. The children do not look very comfortable taking their naps because of the wooden boxes but they are still napping. It looks like they also work over to the left in what looks like other classrooms without walls.
Beth (Columbia, Missouri)
I see wooden boxes that look like coffins, each having a hinge that would allow for the top of the boxes to be opened repeatedly. I see several people occupying the boxes, all dressed in the same robe, a grayish white garment with yellow trim, which leads me to believe that these people are a part of the same organization or religious gathering. Next to each box is a wooden table the holds a lit candle, tissues, an ink pen, and a folder that has writing paper and a color photo of a person. The tissues, candle, and photo lead me to believe that this is some sort of memorial or mourning ritual. Next to each table is a wooden chair, which I assume is so that each person can sit down and write about the person in the picture, as there seems to be writing done on each piece of paper that is on the table.
VTS Moderator (Brooklyn, NY)
@Beth, thank you for your thorough comment! You've provided a lot of evidence to support your idea that a mourning ritual might be taking place.
Shannon M. (LCMS)
In this picture, there are Chinese people who look like they are laying in some sort of box. There are work desks beside the long boxes. The people laying in the boxes look tired because they could have been working all day. All of the people are wearing the same type of clothing and they were doing the same job. On each of the desks, there is a photograph of someone, who could probably be the person in the box.
Jahaira M (NC)
In this picture it looks like the children or people are relaxing for a bit. There is people dressed up in robes with a table next to them including a picture of the person on the desk. I think that these people are doing an experiment or a religious thing. I say this because everyone is doing it not just one person. I also see bags laying next to the desk that may belong to the person laying inside the coffin.
lexie (HTHS NC)
They look dead because there laying in a box and they got like a picture beside them with like tissues and like a thing where maybe you can write notes for that person and a candle.
Abigail (SMS)
It looks like the picture is about students in school, because I can see the desk, pencils, chairs, and a box of tissues on the desks. There are chairs for a job or for the school. I think they are in Asia, because at jobs or school, we don't have big long boxes right beside our desk. It looks like the people are taking a nap because they are lying down and their eyes are closed. The people might need a nap before school or work. There are a couple of people in the building taking a nap. The people might work all day at or they are tired from school. I might know why they are taking a nap because they need their rest for school or for their job. What is on the table is a picture in a kind of photo book and I can see some people has it and others do not.
Leslie (sms)
The women are in wooden boxes to relax. The women are relaxing in wooden boxes because they have been working for hours. The women are in robes because it means they have paid for entrance.
christopher r.j (n.c)
people are sleeping
they are laying down
there are desks
Hailey (LCMS)
The kids seem to be in school and they have a wooden bed next to there desk. The wooden bin that he is sleeping in seems to be able to close and like "trap" them in there with no air. They also have a candle on there desk. A book and tissues and I can see a teacher walking in the distance. There school bags are also on the floor right next to there desk.
Jack (SMS)
Aron and the class are doing some mystic ritual the teacher Mary is teaching them. But Suzy is not in her ritual box, she is all the way in the back of the classroom. She is standing there with a mischievous look on her face at the teacher with a cigar and a lighter in her hands. Mary dashes straight up the middle of the aisle. Almost tripping over the desk, but when she made it to the last desk Suzy's friend stuck her feet in the isle and Mary fell on her face disrupting the whole class that caused the ritual to cancel itself out and the whole class sat up, got out of the boxes and strolled right out of the classroom and went home.
JaNyah S. (North Carolina)
It looks like there are people in school or church but they are laying down, there is desk and chairs, The desk are usually what people have in school. On the desk there is a picture and I think its the picture of the girl, there are candles and tissues.
mariah (sms)
This picture looks like its going to take place in China where travelers go to where they can stay, sleep and write what they saw or heard, while they have learned will they traveling to place. The place they are staying at, the place they are at give them robes for when they go to sleep and for keeping them warm because the wooden coffins they don't have any blankets and they have gave them a desk were they can write or think about were they want to go next.The metal on their pictures show that they are a writer or a author.
tayoni j. (north Carolina)
in the picture it looks like a college maybe because its like a dorm they have a bed a place to do there homework and eat and there are multiple "dorms" and they look the same age .
McKenna (SMS)
This picture looks like the kids are in school or are at a job. There are decks with quill pens, candles, tissue box's, a picture of someone or a picture of themselves on the decks. There are book bags at each person and there's a BIG box at each table with people in them. They people have a white and yellow robe on. The book has writing on the right side and the other side has the picture of the person.
Chloe (sms)
The setting of this picture looks like a school because of the desks and chairs and pen, paper, there is a picture of there face and there is a candle on the deck. The children look like they were working on something but stopped so they could have nap time because of what is on their desks. The children do not look very comfortable taking their naps because of the wooden boxes but they are still napping.
Dylan/sms (sms)
It looks like that all of these people are tired from working because they are all wearing the same uniform and they are laying down in benches.
Alex (sms)
There is a scientist that is looking at Chinese women.The scientists is trying to see what they do when they are asleep. The picture on the desk is them. The scientist will close the doors and then he will play a loud sound to wake them up. The people that panic will be out and the people that don't will stay in there and see how long will it take for them to wake up. They are timed and they write it down. They do it every night when they are about to sleep.
VTS Moderator (Brooklyn, NY)
@Alex, you are offering a new idea for what might be happening in the picture. What do you see that makes you say a scientist is involved?
kaitlyn l. (hths)
Very interesting I like how you focused on the setting, good job.
Brianna (Lcms)
In this picture It looks like that the there are people who have been working all day. I think they have been working all day because they are all wearing the same uniform and they look tired. They only look tired because they are laying down in benches. I think they are benches because they open up and they also are along tables that have food on them. This probably is present day because of the color and the clothing.
VTS Moderator (Brooklyn, NY)
Many commenters are looking closely at the picture to discern what might be happening and where in the world this picture might have been taken. What details can you identify to help substantiate your ideas about where this scene is taking place?
Michael (LCMS)
This picture looks like the kids are in school or some kind of job maybe. I know this because there are desks with with pencils and candles to see and write. There is also chairs so that explains why they would be at school or a job. I'm not sure why they are in coffins or really uncomfortable beds because they are wood. Maybe its an overnight job or overnight school. If they had to stay overnight, maybe its a very important job or task for them. This place looks like it could take place in Asia based on their robes and how close they are together.
Kelly (UDHS)
I agree because there are lunch bags and book bags in the aisles.
Anonymous (Lcms)
The picture apears to be a modern photo because of the colored photo and the backpacks that children today have. It seems to be in a school because there are backpacks and children. It might be in a foreighn country because they are wearing robes unlike the clothes we wear. I think that they might be laying down to think before they write a passage about themselves. I say this because there are half written papers and the photos attatched look similar to the girls laying down. Wherever this is taken it might be seen as more benificial to lay down and think rather then just sitting at desks to think like we do.
Matt (LCMS)
The people in this picture are sleeping in coffins. I know they are sleeping because they are not moving and their eyes are closed. They are in a temple for meditation and peace. That is explained by the candles and robes trying to give the peaceful feeling. The place is meant to be a relaxing place.
Anonymous (Lcms)
The setting of this picture looks like a school because of the desks and chairs. The children look like they were working on something but stopped so they could have nap time because of what is on their desks. The children do not look very comfortable taking their naps because of the wooden boxes but they are still napping. It looks like they also work over to the left in what looks like other classrooms without walls.
Leighland (LCMS)
The women here are relaxing inside coffin-like boxes. They are relaxing because they are wearing comfortable-looking white robes and because the room looks quiet and peaceful. On their desks is a candle, a box of tissues, and a journal with a picture that possibly is of the women that own them. These women could be in school judging by the lunch box by one of the women. The journals might either be for a class they all have or maybe just a personal belonging. The time is modern because of the quality photo but I am uncertain of the location
Maxwell (LCMS)
It appears that there are people who are in school taking a nap in a coffin-like box. There is a lunch box next to the person in the front which suggests this might be school. Every person has a notebook with pictures in it, and the notebook is written in. This might be a writing strategy where you put your mind to rest to help you think. All of the people are wearing robes which might be a school outfit that they are forced to wear.
Andrew P (LCMS)
This picture looks like a school in Asia. I beleive this because of the skin tone and picture of the children also the books. It looks like nap time because the kids are in a foldable bed. They are sleeping or meditating because they are lying down with their eyes closed.
Loading... (USA)
In this picture, a religious cult is seen practicing their ancient tradition of profiling targets and laying them to rest. They are believed to only target young women with a dark past, laying them to rest in an holy ground. A candle is lit to guide them to the other side, a school where they can regain their lost lives. The tissues are their for the young ladies to wipe away their tears, and past so they can start their new lives. The women are all dressed in a strange garb, in order to protect their spirits as they cross, guarded by the ancient warriors who wore them.
Riley (LCMS)
These look like men that are sleeping in a wooden box with like a night gown on. I can tell that they are men because they have beards and seem to be very tall, they are sleeping because you don't see any eyeballs in a wooden box because of the grain seen throughout it. They are in what seems to be night gowns because they are long and covering there full body excelt for the knees below. Before they took there nap it looks like they were writing a letter to some girl. I can tell they were writing because on the desk there was a sheet of paper with black ink on it and there is a picture of a person with long hair who i am assuming is a girl.
Dominic S (LCMS)
In this picture, it looks like their are people in coffins. This picture is probably from a viewing of people who have passed away. I think that because of the pictures of the person and the writing on the paper that could have been about that person. I can also tell because of the tissues that could of been used by people who visited. The chairs are probably for the person who visited too.
Jenna (LCMS)
In this picture, children are laying in boxes and are dressed in robes. Each box has a desk next to them and on the desk there is a lot candle, a box of tissues, a picture, and a paper with writing on it. Some desks have bags next to them. Based on the bags and the desks, I can conclude that these children are students in a recent time. The layout of the room looks almost like a church and the robes look like something used in a ceremony so I will assume it's some type of religious school. Based on the facial structures and the pictures, this school is mostly in east Asia. The children look like they're resting or participating in a religious activity, maybe a form of meditation or mourning the people in their picture since it has a medal.
Michaela (LCMS)
In this picture there are a bunch of tables lined up. On the tables there are candles and each desk has a different picture of someone. There is people in wooden boxes wearing robes and they look Asian. Maybe it is some kind of ritual for acceptance of the people in the pictures. Maybe this is a work place or a school.
Justin I (LCMS)
I think that in the photo, the girls are doing some type of religious ritual. On the desks, there is a picture of a girl, a candle, tissues, notepad and a pencil. I believe that the girls in the photos is dead and they sleeping girls are trying to get them into the next life or possibly bring them back to life. The words written in the notepad could be what they remember about the girl or a spell to help the girls come back to life or pass them into the next world. Every girl is lying in a coffin asleep, and are wearing the same robe and it's just apart of the ritual. I belive it takes place in Asia because the robe and the building that the girls are in seems Asian and not American.
Leigh s (hths)
that is a cool way of looking at this picture.
Zoe (sms)
In the picture I see there are a lot of either children or adults. There are folders, candles, and tissue boxes. It looks they are resting on a bed because it is probably their only place to sleep so they made a bed out of wood. They are being monitored because they are in a living room. There is a book bag and a lunch box on the floor next to the desk. The girls are at an office. There is a bunch of desks with stuff on it. They have to be monitored because there are files on each of the desks. Each of them are sleeping in their bed.
Victoria (Tadino)
Hay personas en sus tumbas descansando porque están muertas. No nada mas hay una si no muchas al parecer se paran a sus mesas, escriben, leen y se paran hacer otras cosas no parace escuela. Parece un cementerio, seguro las sillas son para las visitas.
Elizabeth (Sms)
The picture looks like people are put in wooden coffins when they are dead. But, it looks like there are chairs with desks for each person with tissues, a candle, and a self portrait, also their birth certificate . Maybe their family members want to see them again and they can look through the documents and see their children or family members. Also, the tissues are probably for the people who are crying or have stuffy noses. There is a bell which most likely is if the child awakens from the dead and rings the bell so someone would come to them.
Shan (Sms)
The people have a robe to wear at their funeral. There are lots of people who died. They are going to bury them underground and they miss the people who have died. It is so sad. There are pictures on the table. The parents wrote a description about the person who died. All the people have a robe to wear so it will cover their bodies. It is so sad they passed away.
Davan (LCMS)
From what I see in the picture I have made the assumption that the girls are in mourning of a girl. I also know that this is in a big room that is full of only girls and women. I know these things because of the candles on the table and the tissue boxes indicating that the person on the table that is next to the girls is deceased. I also know it is only girls and in a big room because in all of the boxes there are only girls and it looks as if the room goes really far back.
Benn (Lcms)
In this picture there are people at a school. I know it's a school because of the desks and books with pencils. There are people resting in coffins as seen in the picture. I think there given time to sleep maybe because it's a long day. I think because of how there laying in boxes and seem to be sleeping
Dylan (sms)
They are going to be buried because, they have died from a terrible disease. The poor little girls have died because of the plague and people who love them dearly feel the tragedy. It is a tragedy that little girls had to go first and that's not the end. Many people could end up that way.
VTS Moderator (Brooklyn, NY)
@Dylan, thanks for sharing your ideas! You mentioned that you think a tragedy has struck the people in the picture. What do you see that makes you say it was "the plague"?
turbo (sms)
The picture looks like they are in school. They are taking a nap in class like I used to do in preschool. The kids have the pictures of themselves on the desk so the kids will know where they sit at school. There is a certain spot for them to sleep at school as well. They go elsewhere for class.
carol (sms)
I can infer that the kids are laying in the box to rest and next to the bed there is a table with a half written paper and a pen. They are at summer school i know that because I see chairs and desks with candles. You can see what looks like a book-bag and lunchbox next to them on the floor.
EML (SMS)
People are sleeping in a tomb, because they say that if they do then they would live longer. After they are done sleeping, they have to write about how it felt sleeping in a tomb. Before they get to sleep in a tomb they have to wear a robe so they can sleep comfortable.
VTS Moderator (Brooklyn, NY)
@EML, thanks for your comments! What do you see that makes you say this scene takes place in a tomb?
jaz (texas)
i think the're in a therapy retirement, to find they're inner peace within themselves. they all have their own little personal space, with some tissues, a candle, some paper, and pencil. it seems that they've brought a couple belongings with them. they all have a sort of portfolio on top of their desk, with a note they've written.
Sarah (LCMS)
In this picture I can see people sleeping in what looks like wooden coffins with a sort of desk next to them. I believe the photo is set in modern times possibly in Korea or Japan since the picture looks newer and is in color and the sleeping people and pictures of people of the desks look of that ethnicity. I believe that this is some kind of work/school where the kids also sleep then work on some profile about someone or themselves. I think this because there is a desk next to a wooden coffin like thing where people are sleeping. I believe the are working on profiles about people because on the desk there are pictures of people and next to it some writing
Abigail (LCMS)
Well first off, I believe these are school children, but by the looks of the pictures on the desks, they don't wear uniforms but rather the robes are what is being worn for the time being. Beside them on a small table is a file, which I can only assume by looking at it contains a picture of the student and a lined sheet of paper with writing on it, a box of tissues, a candle, and pencil in it's holder. The students seem to be laying in what appears to be a coffin. Now, I don't assume they would be putting dead children in a school, so perhaps they are doing this a school assignment, where they are doing a mock funeral.
LCMS (Lcms)
In this picture there are multiple kids lying down into wooden boxes. I believe that they are in a an Asian country, because they are wearing robes instead of the clothing we wear in America. The kids are meditating, since in Asian countrys they are know for meditation and calming things. I think that they are in a classroom because of the pictures of them in the notebooks on the desk and also if you look to the left of the desk on the right on the ground it looks like there is a waterbottle case or lunchbox.
Chyanne M. (LCMS)
There is a large room with several people in it. There are people laying down in these boxes that resemble coffins. there are tables next to each box and on the tables there is: a picture of a person, a tissue box, a candle, and a document. this leads me to believe that the people in the boxes are actually dead and they are in a coffin. They are spread they way they are for people to view and grieve for them which is why there are tissue boxes. The pictures and documents are for the people who are in the coffin so they can be identifies. everybody is wearing a white and yellow robe which may be the color for mourning. The documents might have information for the person. there are so many because there could have been a recent tragedy which had resulted in a lot of deaths which is why there are so many.
Caroline (LCMS)
This picture shows dead kids laying in wooden coffins. Based on the table next to them there is files with there picture. The file is to determine who the dead body is and what they were like. There is a chair next to the coffin for someone to sit while the examine the dead body.
VTS Moderator (Brooklyn, NY)
@Caroline, you have a new idea about what the desk and chair are for. You think perhaps this is a place for someone to sit and examine the bodies. What do you see that makes you say that?
Josh (Lc)
This picture seems to be a recent picture since it is good quality. I believe that they are either dead or doing something with their culture maybe even mourning the death of loved ones. Since the coffins are cheaply made, the country seems to be poor. The people are presumably dead because of the flowers next to it, and the pictures next to it. The people may be mourning the death of loved ones because there has been many earthquakes lately and this may be from the aftermath of one.
Makena (LCMS)
It seems that these kids are sleeping in some type of coffin. They may be a school hence the desk next to them with a picture of the sleeping kid in the coffin. It may be nap time where they are, it may be a tradition to take naps at school in coffins. All the children also seem to be positioned the same way in the same exact robes, which may be their uniform. Some of the coffins are also closed which may mean there is nobody in them or they are asleep.
Caitlin (LCMS)
In the picture it seems like the people in the wooden box are either resting during work and are dead. I think it may be that it is like a sort of memorial because of the picture next to it and a candle. The writing next to the pictures could be what someone wrote about that person and that is why there are chairs at each desk. And the closed coffins could be for the people who no one came to visit or that everyone who was visiting them left. Maybe this memorial is a part of their culture sort of like what happen on Day of the Dead in Mexico.
Emily (LCMS)
This image seems as if there are women from Asia in lying in small wooden boxes. It might be their method of studying for something specific. They could be strong believers in a certain religion and follows the very strict rules within that religion. One rule might be based on the way they dress. All the women are wearing the same exact clothes and doing the same exact action, lying down in the small wooden box looking like they're dead.
Tyler S. (LCMS)
This picture seems to show what looks like students taking a rest during school judging by the backpacks or lunchbags resting next to some of the desks. This may be occurring in Korea from a few of the pictures I have zoomed in on. The students seem to be resting after writing some of some sort of paper due to the paper witha picture on the desk next to them. The students may also use these resting places as a bed of needed, I say this because there are candles on the desk as if they were working into the night. They are also wearing the same clothes, so they could be in uniform at a summer camp or a boarding school.
anon (lcms)
This picture has people laying in little cubbies face up. The people look around 13-15 years old. I'm uncertain about their race, but I think they are from some area in Asia. There are tables next to the cubbies that hold different thing for different people. But most have candles, pictures of themselves, tissues and what it looks like a bell. All of the kids are dressed in some sort of robe.
Cara (LCMS)
In this picture i think it takes place in japan, or China maybe. I think the children may be in school since there was paper, pictures, and a desk. Maybe when the kids need a break they take a break to relax.
Lyndsay (lcms)
It looks like they are at a spa or maybe school. The people look like they r sleeping or meditating. On the desks there is a picture of the person as well as writing & tissues. It seems like they are in another country so maybe they take breaks in school to rest. They maybe at a spa because they look like they are relaxing or sleeping, taking a rest. No matter where they are the people look like they are resting or sleeping.
Room20 (Califonia)
We think they're from China, Japan, or Thailand and they are taking a nap or meditating during wok or school. We think this because we have read about how people from other countries all take an hour rest during the work or school day. Please be mindful of what you write as this is a sensitive time for our country.
VTS Moderator (Brooklyn, NY)
Welcome to the discussion, @Room20! You are bringing in some prior knowledge to help make sense of the picture. What do you see in the picture that makes you say China, Japan, or Thailand, as opposed to other countries you may have learned about?
Mr Franke's 4th Grade (Eagle Rock El. LA, CA)
Good morning! My class came to consensus quickly on the big question of whether or not we were looking at dead people.
We think that these are students who were killed somehow- possibly by an earthquake or other disaster, or event- and are lying in state for mourners to come and pay their respects.
We have lots of evidence to support our claim. First, the boxes that they are lying in look like simple coffins. Second, they are all wearing the same robes, and their ands are positioned similarly. Next, we observed the items on the desk or table beside the box, and felt they were there for the living. The kleenex would be for crying family and friends, the candles are traditionally used to honor the dead in many cultures, and each desk has a picture of the child and something written beside it. In the background, we observed rows of these coffin=like boxes, not all were open.
VTS Moderator (Brooklyn, NY)
Good morning, @Mr Franke's 4th Grade! You have provided lots of evidence to support your claim that the setting is a space for mourning the dead. You've mentioned details you see in both the foreground, and also drawn our attention to the background of the picture. What more might you write about these details and the scene in general?
Jose L.C. (Houston)
I think those school kids are dead, the pictures beside are them. There are candles and tissues.The coffins don't look of good quality. Those papers could be an essay or story they last wrote. Maybe where relatives wrote their farewells.
Nat (Houston)
It looks like there are people laying in wooden coffins. There are files in front of them with their picture, tissue, a pencil holder, and a candle. It might be a school because there are desks and a backpacks. They are contemplating about life for a school assignment.
Jennifer (Houston)
I think its some type of relaxation exercise or form of therapy where they experience certain things and someone observes and writes down their thoughts and observations which is why the pen and file are there.
Brandonn (HTX)
The people are taking naps near their jobs, which is shown to improve brain functionality and keep you more awake.
yessica the cookie (houston)
They might be trying to see how it feels when a love one dies and is put in a coffin, to be burried under the earth, in darkness. it could also look like their taking naps during class or in their office like place, while writting an article about their lost love ones.
Jeff M. (Houston)
it looks as if they are thinking about their own death and writing about it in the portfolio on the desk
Leah (Illinois)
Hey Jeff, why do you think that they are thinking about their death? What gave you that idea?
Kassandra V (Galena park, tx)
in this picture i think that these are students in boarding school, the boxes or coffins is were they sleep or take naps, i say this because as a student i know that i can not study for a very long period of time, the robes looks like there uniform, and it seems as if they are in japan because of the structures of the chair, their clothing, and the odd coffins
Ramiro Rosas (Houston Tx)
the people seem to be resting but it seems to me that its part of there culture
SaeeLiza (Texas)
I think the kids are meditating or resting in this box trying to figure out what exactly they're going to be writing about because right next to them is a picture of themselves or loved ones and next to the picture is alot of writing.
VTS Moderator (Brooklyn, NY)
There is an interesting debate emerging on whether or not the people in the picture are dead (@Arec Wesley, @Emma, @Harris) or just napping or meditating (@Edwin, @Samuel, @Carter M.). What more can you find in the picture to provide evidence for your claim either way?
Bailey (Texas)
I think these are students in a rigorous school and they are resting after a writing assignment
Damian Salinas (Houston)
the children may be mourning for the loss of a loved one
Destinie (Texas)
I believe these children are lying down to meditate or relax. Maybe this is a method to focus and prepare.
Alonso M (Houston)
Looks like a resting place for students after their work has been done.
Jocelyn M (Galena Park)
the students are doing some type of ritual or they are celebrating an accomplishment
Yousuf (Pleasanton)
They are probably in a boarding school because there sleeping.
ashbeck (texas)
i think these people are taking naps in little office boxes because there is desks next to them
ivan (ww)
its a morgue for the dead
Diego Jaques (ww)
this could be a school that believes to have students take naps or maybe these people are dead and they have written there wills.
adele (my happy place)
i think they are meditating in a coffin looking thing. i also think the pictures on the binders are pictures of the people in the coffins next to it. in the top right corner there seems to be closed coffins that must be empty.
Ashley Woiblet (ww)
1. In box one it looks like there are dead people in boxes.
2. In box 2 it looks like in the background there is more boxes but they are closed so they might be empty.
3. In box 3 there is a women with a picture in the desk with a paragraph maybe her will, and there is a candle and a tissue box.
4. In box 4 there is another women and a will and candle, but also all the people in the building are wearing a yellow and white robe thing.
Overall I think that this is a building with many teen agers that look dead, but I'm not sure.
Schab (ww)
1. there is a bag which can mean that they might be there for a while. 2. there are closed wood boxes which can mean that that place is not full. 3. there is a water bottle which means they might lay down for a while. 4. there is a binder which shows there picture in it with writing which can mean that they write daily. 5 final resposne that may be a school that chinese women stay for multiple days.
Garcia (HI)
Think these people are relaxing after working in school they get to relax there mind so they can go back to school work.
Unicorn (Rainbows)
In the top left corner it looks like a bunch of sleeping coffins in a type of mental asylum or something. In the top right corner it looks like one of them had been crying or they are sick. In the bottom left it looks like a girl is sleeping or taking a nap in their wooden coffin type thing. In the bottom right it looks like the girl has to take notes with a picture of themselves, a candle and a box of tissues and maybe a pot of ink and pen in it. I think that the girls are in a mental asylum or some place and they use wooden coffins to sleep in and they all have their own desk for learning or writing.
Bowen (walla walla)
1.it looks like ther is alot of boxs next to desks2.there is desks with tissues on them
bob (ww)
1)it looks like a bunch of coffins
2)I think it is a school with a bunch of coffins for the kids to nap in
3)There's a box of tissues a lit candle and a writing book
4)It looks like a lunch box next to her coffin
5)I think that this is a a religious school in Japan or China. I think this because they are positioned the same and they all have candles and writing books and some have lunch boxes
joey (walla walla)
1) alot of them so a popular place like a school 2)alot of them again so maybe a school 3) so if its a school they might think relaxed helps the brain 4) so maybe place to think about the dead people cause of the candle and tissues
Hannah Bagley (California)
1. It looks like dead people (kids) in boxes or coffins.
2. It looks the same as box as box 1
3. It looks like a girl in a coffin or box with a desk with tissues.
4. It looks like the same but a different girl.
5. I think this a place where someone can come if their kids are dead not sure though maybe the desk indicates that they can come and see them
Jorge Abundis (WW)
Maybe this is a school that lets their students meditate because there are candles on their desk or a school that lets their students take a nap .
Brianna (www)
I believe that these people are taking naps and relaxing in wooden boxes. In this picture I can see a bell, tissues, and a candle. I can also see a file folder with the persons picture and has lots of writing in the left side. There are chairs next to all of the boxes. The people that are inside the boxes are wearing a yellow and white robe.
colin (ww)
they look like they are in a box and there's a desk with paper. i think they are in school because there is a backpack and pencil on the desk. they look like they are relaxing or meditating because they have a candle lit.
itz_ya_boi_michael (walla walla)
1. There are people lying dead in coffins.
2. There are more people lying dead.
3. There is a girl lying dead
4. There is another girl dead
5. This is like a morgue for women p.s( No gender assumption.)
Hayden_CR7_Lomeli (WWW)
1. I see wooden rectangles and people in the wooden rectangles.
2. I see more wooden crates and some are closed so they might be dead or sleeping.
3. 1 child with his or her picture on a binder and that child is in a wooden box.
4. 1 child which looks like a girl from the picture is either dead or sleeping.
So overall this place is either a orphanage in Asia or is a place where they put dead people in coffins and then take them to the cemetery. Either way it doesn't look like a place i would want to go to.
Raven Willis (out here in these streets)
These children are mourning for their loses of their loved ones. I say this because there are tissues, a candle, and a picture of their loved one with a note on the side of it.
Harper (Illinois)
I think all the people in the image are in a school because it looks like they have tables next to them and on the desk there are whiteboards and books.I think they are resting after a long day and are taking a break.I also think it is a school because all of the people are wearing the same uniform.
riley (illinois)
I think this is an orphanage for black kids. I think this because black people are treated poorly and these kids are in hard wood beds with no pilows.
Room20 (Califonia)
We do not appreciate this comment at all Riley. Please think before you write something like this.
Shannon M. (LCMS)
Think before you post, please. That was nothing nice to say.
Carter M. (Somewhere in the universe)
Maybe they are taking naps in coffins?...
Edwin (IL)
I think this is a classroom with children taking naps in coffins.
jeremiah (illinois)
i think that these people are either laying there are dead or sleeping. the reason i think this is because the things that these people are laying in looks like coffins. the other reason is because theyre pictures are on those tables.
Cate Moore (UMS-Wright Mobile, Alabama)
I believe that this is a mock funeral somewhere in Asia. The setting of the building, with the coffins, tissues, pictures of loved ones, and candles, seems like it is a mock funeral.
VTS Moderator (Brooklyn, NY)
@Cate Moore, you're thinking that this might be a fake funeral scene. What do you see that makes you say it is a "mock funeral"?
Harris (USA)
I think this a open casket for dead people. People come to visit them and write about them on the sheet with the picture.
Arec Wesley (Mobile,Al)
I think they are dead bodies that are being prepared in a funeral in a asian country.
Caroline (Mobile, AL)
I think that this is a funeral service because they are all placed in the box i the same manner, their are used tissues on the desk where it looks like people can pay their respects, and their is a burning candle at each table.
Max P. (LCMS)
It looks like a place for the sick, definitely a thing maybe in, South Korea? I'm thinking this because the people look asleep be they place them in or just sick, maybe they place them in coffins like a tradition? This looks like a ward with the picture of the patient, tissues, what looks like a scented candle, and a bell to ring if they would need help. I also take note of some belongings on the floor next to the patient, they could be living there because they're sick.
Ryann (Alabama)
It looks like they are at some kind of visitation service (funeral). There are tissues, written notes, candles, and some have what looks like gifts next to them.
Jmo542 (Alabama)
I think that this could be a mock funeral, or some kin of therapeutic spy.
Jessica O. (Alabama)
I think this is maybe a therapeutic facility to help with terminal illnesses, where families can come visit loved ones and leave notes for them. Although these resting places appear to be coffins, I think the people inside them are still somewhat alive.
Clarke (USA)
I think these are people are resting after a good day at the spa
Leila Al-Sadek (mobile al)
This photo might be of a boarding school because there is a desk, bag (at most stations), pen, and paper.
Tripp Tremayne (Mobile, AL)
I think that this is a place to mourn the death of a lost loved one. There is a folder on the table with paper to write about the life of that loved one. The folder also has a picture of the loved one in it.
veve lee (ohio)
i think is graduating in to a new life for something they believe in. i say that cause i see candle lit and the got white robs on.
Brendan (Ilinois)
I think some girls in China are taking a nap after they learned in school. It makes me say that because the kids have a desk next to them and their are more than one. Also all the kids eyes are closed. I also see pictures of maybe their mom or something.
Samuel (illinois)
It looks like it is a school and they are meditating.
Serena (alabama)
I think that this picture is an open casket where family and friends write letters, morn their death, and give gifts for them to be buried with.
Sir Andrew Marcus Allen Jr. (Mobile, Al)
I think that this a somewhat of a funeral parlor for everyone that has died.
Luke A (LCMS)
Looks there are people in a coffin like box with a table next to it. The table has a picture and a candle on it. The table also has tissues on it. I think that there was some type of natural disaster where a lot of people died.
Rainey (Mobile, AL)
I think these are people practicing for their funerals somewhere in Asia such as Japan or South Korea.
VTS Moderator (Los Angeles)
Thanks, @Rainey. What do you see that makes you say they are practicing for funerals?
(Kms)
It looks like their are dead children laying in a casket. A hint to they are dead us the pictures and the used tissues. Their are also candles☡
Emma (Alabama)
I think this is a funeral home with many people in it and family and friends can stop by and pay thier respects.
Ashauni (Lcms)
There are guys laying down in wooden boxes. They all have a table next them with candles lit with a photo of a loved one maybe. There is also a box of tissues so maybe they are remembering a loved one who passed away. The wooden boxes might be coffins.
Anonymous (LCMS)
In this image, I believe there was an earth quake in China or Japan. I think it takes place in China or Japan because they are wearing yellow and white colors which is Japanese colors. I can see some desks with tissues, pencils, paper etc. It looks like they are in school and in the middle of class and earth quake happened. They seem to be very calm as if they were in a real emergency.
Dan D (Lcms)
Based on the setting there is desks and tables where people would be working, it also looks like the men where working and they stopped and they layed down into a coffin looking like box. They all have matching robes so they must be appart of some organization. You can't tell if they are alive or not due to they are eyes closed and still but they could just be sleeping.
Noelle (Lcms)
In this picture it looks like everyone is sleeping in a box. It looks like a Japanese tradition or a special hotel. It looks pretty recent because of the furniture and clothing. It could be coffins that they r testing but I'm not sure. They could be sleeping because there eyes are shut.
MPoppler (CHS)
I think It could be a place for people to go if they are homeless or they just need to get away from home. I think maybe this is a place for people to go and work and they can also sleep there. I think that this is a place in disguise. Maybe this is a type of school where they live there along with going to school.
hey (chaska mn)
i think they are dead people because they all have the same color white with yellow
LCMs Savannah (lcms)
I think these are sick people getting treated because next to each of there beds is a box of tissues. there's used tissues on most of the stands. they have ink and paper they are writing on. it looks like they are sleeping. the notebook has a picture of a girl on the page. there's water next to the bed.
Jesse (sms)
I think that they are dieing and they are in there coffin waiting to die i guess and there are picture of them.
Corey (LCMS)
In this picture it looks like kids are sleeping in coffins. Next to whatever the kids sleeping in is a desk with a piece of paper and a picture on it. They may be in some sort of religious place since the kids seem to be wearing robes. Along with the robes the kids are wearing, on top of the desk is a candle and what looks like a bell. Some of the coffin things are open, but others are closed.
Anonymous (LCMS)
I believe this is a picture of people represnting their deceased loved ones. The people in the caskets look Japanese and maybe there's a Japanese tradition in which on a dead relatives 1 year, you represent what they looked like at their funeral. There's people laying in the caskets and next to it, there looks like a picture of someone and a cuddle. The picture coule possibly be the dead relative of the person in the casket.
Kait (Lcms)
In this picture I think there are asians in a bunk. It's like a dorm room so there are like
Madisyn (LCMS)
In the picture I see a bunch of girls in wooden boxes everything is made of wood. There are photos next to the girls. They are wearing yellow and white robs. My thoughts are that it is a spa or a place at which they can relax
Anonymous (Lcms)
In this picture it looks as if children are at a school in China or Japan in present day. The children may have been working on something for school when the ground started to rumble. It could have been an earthquake. China or Japan may get earthquakes quite often and that's why they have those coffin looking wooden things next to their desks. Or the school could just have nap time everyday for the children.
Anonymous (Lcms)
In this picture it looks like they are sleeping in benches. I know this because it also looks like they are in bath robes. It looks like it might be in a restaurant or a school classroom. I say this because it looks like there are desks or small tables next to the benches.
JM (Minnesota)
I think this picture shows people sleeping in what looks like coffins. I believe this because they have small desks with writing stuff, tissues, and orange juice.
Waldoboul (LCMS)
I think several Japanese people have died and they have the casket open so family and friends can come and see them. It also looks like they have a desk beside them and on that desk it looks like they have a picture of the pearson and were you can sign your name and some tissues for you to use.
Allie G. (CHS)
i think it could be people praying to the loved ones they have lost, and this is how their religion does it. maybe they are trying to pay their respects by being in a coffin and acting how their loved one is now.
Phil (New York City, NY)
I believe this picture is of a Korean spa, and they are taking a nap after a spa treatment.
Stephanie (F.)
I think this is a picture of a school somewhere, maybe Japan or China. The students get a break time to sleep and relax during the day to make it easier to learn because they'll have more sleep. On desk next to the "coffin" it's a portfolio of themselves, so that the teachers know who's in each "coffin." Then in the upper left corner of the picture is the actual work area for the classes.
Marissa W. (Minnesota)
I think this an Asian spa. I think that this is a very relax environment because there are candles.
Zachary (Chaska)
A memorial to the dead person in the picture.
Alex B. (Minnesota)
I believe that it is a boarding school somewhere in asia that the kids sleep in these coffin like beds and when they wake up, they get up to work on school or go to class I would assume anyway.
Claire Ganske (chaska high school)
I think these people are meditating or therapy or pretending to be dead
Nick (SMS)
I think this is a place where people come that are homeless or a school where people don't have a house and have to sleep in school. I think this is a Japanese place because of the color they are wearing. White and yellow is one of the six major colors used in old Japanese time. The colors are used for robes. Each color have two sentence phrase.That explains the color and what it means. For example, Purple has "Greater Virtue" which means to show behavior of showing moral standards. The other one is "Lesser Virtue" which means the opposite of Greater Virtue.
Roper voskamp (republic)
i think a lot of people died after a earth quik or somthing
Margo (SMS)
I think in this picture there are a bunch of girls in these wooden boxes and they have just finished their work and are going to sleep how i know this is because they have blankets around them so they don't get cold at night.
JLS (SMS)
It looks like a place were loved one went to when they die or have pasted away.
megan (sms)
I think in the picture these women are at work or school because there is a desk and notebook the are prouble learning what death feels like. The notebooks in the pictures have some girls pictures in them. The women have bath rodes on so they might not want to get there clothes dirty.
Ben (SMS)
I think that there is a funeral. it looks like the funeral for an all women school. There was probably shooting. Maybe a man, that was coming from a bad family. And didn't like that women went to different schools.
Lilian (SMS)
I think that the people in this picture is having a therapy for the flu and they are trying to get better so they can get on with their lives. I also think this might be a thing they do in japan or china to help cure the flu. Maybe they do this so they won't have to get the flu shot so they just are there and helping them to get better on their health. The reason I say the flu because it's flu season.
sara (sms)
I think that this photo is at a privte school and they have them sleep in these benches. I think that the school might be poor. The reason why they are sleeping in the benches is because they don't have money to have dorm rooms.
devon cote (dorchester N.H)
the all died in some horrible accident and their family come to mourn their deaths.
Rivaldo (SMS)
I think what's going on in the picture is that a group of japanese women are in a coffin which looks like there in a school. The reason why there their is because maybe someone is teaching them how you would look when your deaded.
.J.C (SMS)
It looks like a hospital because it has there pictures of them on the stand and there are tissues and there is water o the ground and they have a pen in case they need to wright a letter to a family member.
Brooke (sms)
I think several Japanese people have died and they have the casket open so family and friends can come and see them. It also looks like they have a desk beside them and on that desk it looks like they have a picture of the pearson and were you can sign your name and some tissues for you to use.
Spenser (SMS)
I think it is Japanese people in a coffin to feel how death is right now. And i also think they are at a Church. Also they have a lot of stuff.
VTS Moderator (Los Angeles)
Thanks, @Spenser. What do you see that makes you say this could be in a church?
Caleb (stewert middle)
japanese women and men who died or testing to see how it feels or something but i really think they died. these people who died or testing it is for people to study the human body and what goes on when it shut down and other things.
Vicky (s.m.s)
This is a center where they find their coffins when they die with ancient Asian tradition, of in their mid-twenties or thirties they go hear to find out what their coffins will fill like when they die.
Zhanna (sms)
I think this picture is about some people laying in a wooden box like they are dead to feel how it feels laying in a wooden box dead and the are taking notes into a notebook.How I now this is by looking at the picture how I now that the are taking notes is by looking on the desk.
Damion (sms)
It look like people are dead.Or they are doing something to chill and fall to sleep in one room.To relax what the person is saying.
k (sms)
It's a big office and nobody is working today or everybody is already off. And they're all sleeping in boxes that look like coffins.
sara (sms)
FROM KRISTI MCCRAY.

THE ARE TACKING A NAP. AND THEY JUST GOT DONE READING A BOOK AND WRITING. ABOUT SOMETHING.
emily (sms)
maybe its unqiqe japane hotal there seems to be a bell a each desk maybe for calling room seveice. or a coufon tester that they put women into the coffen and they wright how it feels and to see if its good quailty or something
Anden (sms)
The Japanese women are testing out the coffins to be able to see if the dead people fit in the box or not.either that or it is a place that when people dont have a home they can go there and eat go to sleep and get off the streets.
Erika (Houston TX)
The pictures shows these Japanese women are maybe realizing how death feels due to the coffin looking box and how they pose as they lay in it. The folder that has their pictures is probably to write how they feel when they are in the wooden box.
Keissy (houston)
The people in the boxes are dead and their families come to visit them.
Ryan (SMS)
I think that this place is a home for girls.They have bags by there box . They have written in a notebook with their picture in it. A candle and a box of tissues siting on the bed side table. It looks like there tables on the right that they eat at. But why are they sleeping in a box?

Or it could be a spa day for the girls!!!!!!!!!!!!!
april chavez (houston)
this pictures shows some womans laying down in a box that looks like a casket and they are thinking about life in a peaceful surronding with candles.
Nathan B (HTHS)
This is a center were they fit the coffins to the buyer and they test fit and see if is comfortable, as they believe that, that is a factor in the passing of the spirit in Asian cultures.
priscila herrera (houston)
i think those people are in a school and they have a time to rest
Citlaly (SMS)
I am guessing that in this picture is Japanese women are in some kind of crates like they are about to die from an illness. I just now realized they are very much alive; telling by the objects beside their crates. They have their pictures beside their crates. This is how they practice their death.
Kathryn (North Carolina)
The picture depicts Asian women in makeshift coffins. They all appear to be in the same wardrobe except for their pants. This leads me to believe that they are in some sort of ritual experience. Along with the "coffins" there are desks with pictures of the women,tissues, and a writing utensil. There is also a backpack next to the women so this makes me think it's a all night process.
VTS Moderator (Los Angeles)
Thanks, @Kathryn. What do you see that makes you say that these are “makeshift coffins?”
Dusty B. (North Carolina)
I think the picture shows Asian women in ritualistic clothing since most of them are wearing the same thing aspect for the pants. They look dead but they are alive because the backpacks on the floor. Maybe the women are waiting on their therapists because they look really peaceful, and maybe the writings on the table is the worry's and concerns.
Luis (North Carolina)
This may be a sort of ritual where these girls study a form of therapy. Each girl has a picture of them and what may be a paragraph about them or explaining why they are here. There's tissues for either them or the person reading their story or talking to them.
Carson Dell (Barry Illinois)
It look it seems to be women laying in caskets sleeping or appear to be dead. It seems to be a picture of them and a notebook with writing on it I think that they are dead evaluate they is candles, and tissue. Maybe the notebook is for people to come along and write down memories or something they have to say about them. They is ink wells for the pens, and their are bags of things that might have been dropped off for a gift.
Jose (HTHS)
they are students in sleeping area and it think is a general class in Asian classroom because they're know that the students to take naps during class time. the box sleep are and the desk and ink and pen. the straght rows and the number of people in a room
noel (Mexico,Culiacan,Sinaloa)
it looks like if they live on the school that is related to their culture and they teach them more about their ancestors culture.
Bre W (North Carolina)
In this picture it shows Japanese, (due to the picture and writing on the certificate on the desk). All the woman are in coffins with blankets, I'm guessing this is either a class of Middle or High school, but it reminds me of nap time. They have a book with a picture of them so they can keep up with their book. Maybe sometimes when their at school they take naps like in Pre-K or Kindergarten. In this photo, it looks like school because this one girl has a book bag. It might be a ritual since their is candles on each and everyone's desk. The two girls I can see don't have shoes on, so I guessing in their culture they don't wear shoes.
Romie (North Carolina)
In this picture there are people of another country, most likely Asia, resting inside of wooden crates with desks surrounding them. Each person that is inside a crate has a desk with a lit candle, tissues, and a bright and happy picture of them. I believe this is a service for family to attend to see there loved ones. The tissues are for the tears and the candles are to shed light among them.
Taneya (Heide Trask High School)
I assume that the children are in a Karate camp because of the setting and the robes that the children are wearing. The "beds" they are laying in fit into the whole karate concept and in the background there are tables in the back that could be lunch tables. Also, they have pictures by their bedside to identify them and some of them have a bag in their area.
Jose (Houston)
The picture shows how they are dressed and that can show what culture they are from.
irineo Avalos (Houston)
maybe they are practicing to create a movie.
Taylee.W (Barry I)
It looks like in the photo It looks like the people in the boxes look dead. Why I think this is because there is candles there is a picture of each of them there is a chair where you can sit down there is also a book or a paper there to write things like memories on.
ashton (sms)
Maybe they died from a horrible disease. They are dressed in the same exact thing as everyone else. They all have a funeral type book and candles. Could it be their parents are coming to see them for the very last time.
Justin A (Galena Park, TX)
This picture shows Japanese women, sleeping in a room with many other people. They are wearing the same dresses and have the same thing at all of their desks. They are sleeping in what looks like caskets. They have their death certificates sitting beside them on a desk, probably they stay there until they die. The Japanese women can't have any freedom.
pepito gauna (galena park)
the picture shows the japanese womens and mens are slepping in a weird plca but to the backpack that is placed on the floor
Brooke (North Carolina)
In this picture the students who appear to girls are practicing death. You can see this because the boxes that the girls are laying in look like coffins and on the desk beside them you can see a candle and tissue for the people mourning over their deaths. There is also a notebook with a picture of the "deceased" and a sheet of paper where the people can write their name that went to visit the coffin.
Birdie (North Carolina)
I believe that these people are dead and are part of some major tragedy due to the big amount of people that are here. It looks kind of like a wake like the people are on show for there loved ones. Each desk holds a bag of kind that looks like it might have some personal belonging in it and on each desk is a picture, a candle, a box of tissues, and a bell.
EstherJoy (AOSE)
I think this picture is of a mass "burial" or funeral. In the picture a lot of women are in caskets- this could be a fake or mock funeral, but based on all the coffins surrounding them in the background, I believe that this is how this country may have their burial ceremonies held, most likely for the poor, because of the mass amount of people in one session. There are also tissues, a candle, a reflection book and a picture of each person on a table next to the casket. The freshly used tissues and still burning candles show that the ceremony had just taken place. The ceremony may not consist of the proper funeral customs that we are used to, it may just be relatives coming and writing in the book. This is probably due to the poverty of the people that have died, they cannot afford a proper burial.
Jesus G (Houston)
I think that is a dead people cause there is a picture of their and there is a candle and some Kleenex so you can visit them. But i don know why they have a backpack at the side of the chair.
Kailee (sms)
I think the kids are ill and if it gets so bad they may die. The box is their bed and when they die they close the box. When they live and get better, they let them go and watch them for a couple of days.
Kenzie (North Carolina)
In an Asian ritual, these people might have all been involved in an accident and were put here so that the families can find them and mourn properly.
Drake L. (NC)
This picture is set in a southeastern Asian country, deduced by the style of chair and table near each person. The people seem to be participating in a mock funeral in which those in the boxes have written messages to loved ones next to pictures of themselves.
Mallory Walton (North Carolina)
They're practicing being dead. There are tissues for crying and there are pictures of themselves I'm assuming are for their obituary. It also appears they're writing their will.
Sydney S. (North Carolina)
It's a retreat, It seems like the people are of Asian descent and mostly women. They seem to be educated, looking at the ribbon on the desk. Maybe they are scholars or top of their class. This could be their living quarters, seeing how they are sleeping, and then their are desk with food, candles, and tissues. They could be in a private school and this is where they sleep and work.
Kaylie L. (HTHS)
I believe that these people are writing there will. There is pen and paper in a folder along with a picture of the person. I think this because of the boxes of tissues that have been uses and candles used to celebrate the dead. They are laying in the boxes practicing to be dead or just relaxing and taking a break.
Alex E (North Carolina)
This seems to be in an Asian country with many people laying in "coffins" next to a desk with a picture of a women in a book along with some writing. This may be a "death ritual" of some sort with the people participating to honor the dead or for another purpose. The presences of bags around make it seem as if the people are alive and not dead as some might assume. The people also do not have a deathly color to them which again supports that the people are only pretending to be dead.
Graham R (HTHS)
This shows Asian women preparing for a cultural ritual or ceremony. There is a chair beside all of them so there will most likely be someone coming by to pray over them or something of that nature.
Samantha (HTHS)
The place that these women are located seems to be some place of learning or education. I think that they are located in a country or place where they take naps in the middle of their school day in order to ensure the best learning experience. The things on their desk seem to be papers which could be associated with school work and he other things on their desk are also common in schools. For example, schools often have tissues for students who need them.
Richard R. (HTHS)
Looks like Asian women laying down in some box in sort of ritual. Every single woman has a picture of them, a pen and ink, a box of tissues and a candle. This room is holding a lot of women because the picture shows multiple other boxes continuing to the left.
Megan (North Carolina)
In this photo, many individuals are in a type of memorial. The pictures are of a member that has passed away and being in these boxes allows them to connect with died. The tissues provide evidence that the individuals have been crying.
Hector M (HTHS)
I think that it is a sort of mortuary place that prepares for the funeral. Because of the positions the people are in they are still. The coffins are different sizes.
Cheyenne F. (North Carolina)
The picture depicts asain people lying in what looks like coffins. It seems that they are in a restaurant but it does not look like they are eating. I also see that they are all wearing the same robe so maybe this like a ceremony for the picture of the person that is lying on the table by them.
Chapa is Daddy (HTX)
This picture seems so be in a oddly created building, this picture shows a row of japenese women and men, hoping they ware not dead, they seem to be laying in some sort of rectangular box. seems like they are observing the spacing in the box like some kind of japenese learning ability. Next to the boxes they are placed in shows a few uttensials such as a box of tissues, cup in a juice, and many other random items
Lyndi W. (Barry, IL)
It looks like the people in the picture are either dead or sleeping. I see that because some of the boxs are closer over to the side so they may be dead but they haven't found these people that their boxes are open. I can also see that there is a picture of them and a little paragraph by them.
Gustavo Gloria (Houston Tx)
I believe this is some kind of therapy or maybe even Japanese culture because they are all wearing the same thing and have the same things in the table beside them.
David Valdez (Galena Park High School)
Looks like their in a class room but I really don't understand why their laying in the casket.
Garrison (HTHS)
This looks like an Asian death preparation place where people make sure that they can fit in the coffin that they will use.
Sierra (SMS)
I think these girls are at a church or school, sleeping. They look like they are doing a project for school and are just sleeping. They might be doing a fashion show. On the table there is a picture of a tissue box and candle. The girls in the boxes are in robes.
Alli Harris (HTHS)
In this picture, there are people of Asian decent lying in boxes. Each person has a little cubby where they have chairs and desks with personal belongings. Each desk has tissues, a candle, a picture, and some writing utensils. This seems like they are going through some sort of training.
tv (sms)
I think this is some type of religion. When they are finished eating dinner, they have to lay in some type of bench. Maybe their religion has them lay down after eating and have a time to praise their god.