Yes, it is time to go back to school. If your like me you picked up an independent study course a few weeks ago and never stopped with the studying. It’s like a train wreck that keeps happening over and over in hopes that the car will get pushed out of the way. Ok, that metaphor was also like a train wreck, but whose counting.
-Now lets face it, you and school is a love-hate relationship. But going showing up for to a new class with a new teacher is like going on a blind date. If you have fallen for the joke that is “full time student” then congratulations: your speed dating this semester.
- So, you’ve invested a few thousand on these classes to guarantee at least 16 weeks of full on quality time with the professor. You likely paying your prof between$7-$20 an hour for his or her time. Multiply that by the number of students in your class and realize that your professor is making a few hundred for the school every hour of teaching. That’s an expensive date (but now it’s group-speed-dating).
- How do you make the best of these dates with school? Well, you (or your representative) should show up for every class to get your monies worth. The good news is there are many ways to pass the time when the class gets boring:
1. Turn in papers on super bright white paper (find it at the office store) so you know your professor has to strain a little more to read your paper.
2. Wear bright clothes during tests to distract other students.
3. Write quotes of things your professor says verbatim that do not make sense or are otherwise funny. I have many years of quotes saved up doing this. I still say “super happy fun time” as inspired by a lecturer.
4. See how long you can go without looking at the clock.
5. Think up new things to do in class and post them in the comments here.