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I'm from the US and classrooms without windows were very common in public schools. I didn't know this was surprising or unusual.

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I'm from the US and went to public schools in the midwest. The only rooms I can think of that didn't have windows were: the theatres (read big and small auditoriums), and the science labs. Heck, if you had a class on the first floor they usually had doors on the wall with windows leading outside too.

It depends on the region, the age of the school, the wealth and demographics of the community. The poorer the area, its more likely the schools are overcrowded concrete boxes built in the 60s-80s.

US Schooling is very inconsistent and varies a huge amount by municipality.

All the schools I attended here in Scotland had huge windows - both in Victorian era builings and ones built in the 1970s.

Day dreaming looking out the windows at the hills or sea was a favourite activity of mine!

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