Couple this with 7 a.m. start times, and it is no wonder half of us spent half our time trying to not fall asleep. The other half was spent asleep. Or at least, trying to stay asleep.
See, there was one kid in the class who enjoyed to mess with other people. He'd sit there and not bother anyone. But then he'd see someone start to fall asleep. As soon as he saw someone start nodding off, he'd mark them. They'd have his undivided attention. And he'd wait, like a velociraptor stalking his prey. And the person would keep nodding off, until, finally, he actually went to sleep. As soon as that happened -- and I mean, immediately -- the kid would be up in a flash and quietly walk up to the sleeper. And then he would grab the guy by the shoulders, shake him violently, and scream in his face, "WATCH OUT, YOU'RE FALLING ASLEEP!"
It was very entertaining.
The teachers, of course, condoned and even encouraged his behavior. It's understandable. Have you ever put someone to sleep? It's a sad realization when you think, Boy, I love what I'm talking about but I just bored the ever-sleeping crap out of him.
On the other hand, these are teachers. I feel like the first thing they teach you in Teacher School is that, no matter how fascinating you find mitochondria, students will be bored and yawn and fall asleep. It's science.
Of course, some professors handle this science better than others. Witness this epic meltdown in Cornell's Hotel School:
"YAWN OUTSIDE!"
Yeah, it's a little rude, but come on. Lock it up, brother. You're a grown man. Comport yourself accordingly.
Of course, if this had been Dr. Maas's class, he would have used the student as an example and centered his lecture around him. And then he would have propositioned his T.A.'s. But that's a story for another day.
2 comments:
"a kilobyte!"
"a KILOBYTE!" hands down, smoothest transition from stark raving mad to teaching kids what a kilobyte is.
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