Ok, so everyone went through some schooling in their time, otherwise I don't know how they'd even begin to try to decipher the rules that GW puts out on occasion :D. So chances are on your way up the academic ladder, at some point or another, you came into contact with the system of assigned seats.
So to explain, Assigned Seats mean that someone of authority (usually a teacher or professor) dictate where people sit in a given space. Whether there is a reason to it, just alphabetical order, or what have you, they tell you exactly where you will be sitting for what could be your entire time within that course. Now, most people are not a fan of this system. They'd rather have the freedom to sit where they want. But lets look a little further.
Even when given the choice to sit where ever they wish to determine the assigned seats, people will still harp about the system. The idea that it limits the freedoms of people and what not. But take away the assigned seats, and people will still do the same thing. They will walk in, and sit down just where they had the day before, and the day before that. It's routine. While very soothing and comforting to follow, it means that people will limit themselves subconsciously.
