Where do you sit in lecture

[NurseLoveJoy88]

i sit in the front row, front and center. i have been doing this since i started college in 2006. i'm hoping i can secure my front seat spot for my last two classes in ns.

if i sit in the middle or back rows i get very distracted :uhoh3:. so far it has worked well for me. where do you guys prefer to sit in lecture ?

[~Mi Vida Loca~RN, ASN, RN]

I used to always sit in the front because I got to distracted in the back. But then I found friends just like me and we would go into laughing spasms from our witty comments we whispered to eachother that I ended up moving to the back so I didn't distract others when I was laughing so hard I would be crying.

[vaReN]

I always sit on the last row, preferably on the side so I can 'escape' more easily. Escaping would be skipping the remainder from the class once they've taken attendance or when the lecture bores me too much. If I showed up at all that is... oh I loved those student days... :)

[Connie1109]

I prefer to sit in the back. I hate sitting in the front or in the middle.

[ImThatGuy, BSN, RN]

I sit in the back - always the back. I try not to sit with my back immediately to the door also. I want to be able to leave quickly, but I want to be able to see anything that comes through the door without having to actively look at it. I'm like this everywhere. I don't even stand in line like a normal person. I tend to stand sideways. I can't stand people coming up behind me, plus I like being able to see what everyone else is doing and prefer they not see whatever I'm doing when in a room. Although I'm in college (again) I don't think of myself really as being in college. At any rate, when I was in college (first degree back when) I remember walking into a class one day and having only one seat available on the front row of a lecture hall. I turned around and left, lol.

[SnMrsSmiley]

im a front row dead center kinda girl. and boy do I get my panties in a twist if someone is in my seat when I get to class. Im known to make a stink about it too. lol.

[SC APRN, DNP, APRN, NP]

A front row girl came in late and sat in front of me last week. I was so annoyed at least up front she doesn't get under my skin as much. I think for our next test I am going to come in early and sit in her seat!! HA HA I'm evil!!

[Poi Dog]

I'll sit in the front on the outer left. I am a lefty who requires my space like 3 football fields worth.

What bugs me is when someone comes and plops down next to me even though there are a 100 hundred other open chairs. Gaaah!

[blueyesue]

Not really accurate. I'm an 'assertive learner'...but, I don't ask questions and provide insight and such. I don't need to control the pace of the class, either.

No one along the 'front' in my class does, really. They're majority 'quiet ones'.

Questions and cpmments always come from the back and middle.

Why? I dont know. For me, I may ask a direct 'for clarification purposes' question but that's every blue moon. Most things can be cleared up in the lecture. If I need in-depth 'help' with a concept? I'll wait until after class.

Simple as that.

I don't like to take up my instructor/classmates time asking lots of questions...and, y'know? Constantly being 'called on' and directly quizzed in front of my classmates by an instructor does bother me.

It comes with the territory (of sitting on 'front row'). Still, just b/c I sit 'up front' doesn't mean that I want to play 50 Questions.

I'm quiet. Dislike being put on the spot. Generally don't like to talk in class. Don't like being the center of attn...and this is what some instructors either don't get or simply ignore.

Sometimes, I purposely answer incorrectly or 'shrug'...because I don't want to be bothered.

Eventually, they move on.

There are always exceptions to the "rule" We need people like you to mix it up now and then. :)

[Danaat4]

I start class tomorrow but already know where I am going to sit...front and center!! Mostly because class is held in a lecture room and there would be no room for my bookbag if I sat with rows in front of me. Second, because I'm easily distracted and would be watching what everyone in front of me is doing rather than concentrating and focusing on my instructor!

[Pendot]

i have no choice but to sit on the back since I always come late.

[Jasel, BSN, RN]

I sit in either the back 3 - 5 rows kind of in the middle. It's a bit irritating because I sit a few columns down from a group who always talks and there's one guy, and I know he probably can't help it, must have a deviated septum or something because he snorts like every 20 seconds. I usually tune it out since I've had a couple of months to get used to it but every now and then...

[ReinventingMyselfAgain, MSN, RN]

i have no choice but to sit on the back since I always come late.

As a professor, I thank you for not attempting to squeeze your way into the front. There is nothing more annoying than someone who walks in late and tries to dominate the room by distracting the lecture.