Imagine this. You enter the lecture hall 5 minutes before it starts. The class is half full and there are still seats available. You heave a sigh of relief. But then you see a dozen or so free seats, scattered in the middle of the room. That means you will have to crawl, skip, or climb over bags and laps, and get evil stares as you grope your way to the nearest available space.
Lecture has been developed as a means to share instruction and information in person to a group of people, in a way that no book nor gadget can. And most people at one point in their lives have attended one or two. But whether a talk is boring or not, the one thing common in talks is that you can tell a lot about someone based on where he sits. Here are the things you need to know about lecture hall seating and you.
Front row is a no no, unless you think you are nerdy enough to be there. Most self confessed geniuses grab the seats nearest to the professor. It is not only because they want to just learn. These people also want to be heard. The first serious question usually comes from the front seat.
Second row slackers. Usually the safest seats in a lecture hall, that is, if you want to doze off once in a while. Front seat people will be too busy trying to catch the attention of the teacher, and the teacher will be too busy looking for people at the back. You are never within their sight.
If you are a normal student, not coming in too early nor too late, you are most likely at the center. You bravely clamber your way to the free seat amidst the stares and cuss of the people you pass. You are sure they would not remember you anyway.
The aisle people are those who are always on the aisle seat, left or right. It is like their privilege to sit there everyday. And they usually are the ones who come in early, so you will probably have to pass them on your way to the free seat. And they would not like it.
Exit jocks are the ones who seems to be always on an errand. They want to be on seats nearest the entrance. And they are always the first to go out. Sometimes even long before the final bell rings.
Back row bums. These are the ones who thought that class has just started, when they are already 30 minutes late. They arrive halfway through the lecture and usually dose off, or just do anything other than listen. These is where the boisterous laughter and shameless jibes to that wrong answer usually comes from. Beware.
Go ahead and check the people on your class on the lecture hall tomorrow. See if they match the people on this list. Chances are, they will be. Well, if they are not, maybe your school is abnormal. Just make a list of your own.
Lecture has been developed as a means to share instruction and information in person to a group of people, in a way that no book nor gadget can. And most people at one point in their lives have attended one or two. But whether a talk is boring or not, the one thing common in talks is that you can tell a lot about someone based on where he sits. Here are the things you need to know about lecture hall seating and you.
Front row is a no no, unless you think you are nerdy enough to be there. Most self confessed geniuses grab the seats nearest to the professor. It is not only because they want to just learn. These people also want to be heard. The first serious question usually comes from the front seat.
Second row slackers. Usually the safest seats in a lecture hall, that is, if you want to doze off once in a while. Front seat people will be too busy trying to catch the attention of the teacher, and the teacher will be too busy looking for people at the back. You are never within their sight.
If you are a normal student, not coming in too early nor too late, you are most likely at the center. You bravely clamber your way to the free seat amidst the stares and cuss of the people you pass. You are sure they would not remember you anyway.
The aisle people are those who are always on the aisle seat, left or right. It is like their privilege to sit there everyday. And they usually are the ones who come in early, so you will probably have to pass them on your way to the free seat. And they would not like it.
Exit jocks are the ones who seems to be always on an errand. They want to be on seats nearest the entrance. And they are always the first to go out. Sometimes even long before the final bell rings.
Back row bums. These are the ones who thought that class has just started, when they are already 30 minutes late. They arrive halfway through the lecture and usually dose off, or just do anything other than listen. These is where the boisterous laughter and shameless jibes to that wrong answer usually comes from. Beware.
Go ahead and check the people on your class on the lecture hall tomorrow. See if they match the people on this list. Chances are, they will be. Well, if they are not, maybe your school is abnormal. Just make a list of your own.
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