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.
This is an ordinary scene in any lectures or seminars. The early person gets in, grabs the aisle seat, or the seats near the entrance, leaving the middle seats for the likes of you who comes in, well, exactly on time. Sometimes it can be trying to attend class just for this reason. But where you sit in a room choke full of people actually says a lot about you. We have checked our history of lecture hall seating and came up with this list on what it means for 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.
The people seated at the second row mostly are those that decide they are safe because the front row geniuses cover them. It could be true. Sometimes it is safe to sit here if you think you need to sleep, or maybe you just prefer not to be noticed.
Middle center normals. They are the neutrals. They are not late, but they arrive just in time when all the aisle seats are taken. They are the ones who are confident to clamber over your lap. They could have sat at the back, but they do not want to be called loafers. Most center people get called by the professor a lot.
An aisle seat, on the other hand, is a privilege. It is coveted because you do not have to climb over someone else, it also is easy to leave after a lecture. This privilege is normally for those who come in early to grab one, or for the popular kids, since they can make you surrender the one you reserved since six am.
Exit guys. These dudes are too busy with their lives, they want to be the first ones out every time the lecture ends. They are even standing already, a good five to ten minutes before the bell rings. And they are out in a flash.
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.
This is an ordinary scene in any lectures or seminars. The early person gets in, grabs the aisle seat, or the seats near the entrance, leaving the middle seats for the likes of you who comes in, well, exactly on time. Sometimes it can be trying to attend class just for this reason. But where you sit in a room choke full of people actually says a lot about you. We have checked our history of lecture hall seating and came up with this list on what it means for 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.
The people seated at the second row mostly are those that decide they are safe because the front row geniuses cover them. It could be true. Sometimes it is safe to sit here if you think you need to sleep, or maybe you just prefer not to be noticed.
Middle center normals. They are the neutrals. They are not late, but they arrive just in time when all the aisle seats are taken. They are the ones who are confident to clamber over your lap. They could have sat at the back, but they do not want to be called loafers. Most center people get called by the professor a lot.
An aisle seat, on the other hand, is a privilege. It is coveted because you do not have to climb over someone else, it also is easy to leave after a lecture. This privilege is normally for those who come in early to grab one, or for the popular kids, since they can make you surrender the one you reserved since six am.
Exit guys. These dudes are too busy with their lives, they want to be the first ones out every time the lecture ends. They are even standing already, a good five to ten minutes before the bell rings. And they are out in a flash.
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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