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  Saturday, Jun 7, 2008 12:42AM / Standard Entry / Members only
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  For those going to lectures everyday including myself I'm sure you know what I'm talking about.
  
  Btw I'm roughly categorize between the sleepers and gamers.
  
  Lecture Hall Guide.
  
  
  
  
  
  

  The Prof (black color)  -The guy who stands at the front of the room and speaks non-stop for the duration of the class.  May crack a joke at the beginning of the course as an attempt to gain some brownie-points from his/her students, but all those points will soon be revoked once he hands back the first midterm.  [Note:  You can't sit here].
  
  The Keeners - The 1-5 students that occupy the front row of every class.  They have a habit of interrupting the professor by asking stupid questions that nobody cares about to make themselves look smarter, remarking that a word on the slide is misspelled, or for the gutsy ones, even challenging the professor on topics that nobody cares about.  Also known to be ruthless when it comes to obtaining marks, may opt to backstabbing fellow students.  Regarded with hatred and annoyance by everyone else.
  
  The Secret Keener -  To the unobservant, they appear as an average student.  However, after further analysis/PeopleWatching™, one will uncover a keener in disguise!  They are ruthless when it comes to obtaining marks, except that they keep a low profile out of fear of being ousted as a keener.  As well, instead of asking the prof loads of pointless questions that nobody cares about during the lecture, they save them for the end of lecture once everyone has left the room.   If school fails, they'd probably fare well with a job as an undercover cop.
  
  
  The guy who skips class and still aces this course - This is the person who attends the first and last class of the course, skips out on the rest of 34092 classes, and still manages to beat you and 98% of the class on the final.
  
  The Complainer/Talker - I placed them in the same group because usually something like this happens:  You find yourself situated near a group of people who, instead of sitting quietly and listening to the prof, ends up talking throughout the entire lecture at audible levels loud enough so that only you can hear them.  Towards the end of the lecture, one of them will switch the topic from getting tottallyyyy trashed at some kegger to complaining about how the prof sucks, how frustratingly hard this course is, and how they're going to fail next week's exam.  After overhearing this, you silently think to yourself, "well, maybe if you had shut up and listened to the lecture instead of yapping away, you wouldn't be in this predicament!"
  
  The Sleeper - This is the guy who gets out of bed to go to class, only to fall back asleep during class.
  
  The Old Guy - Also known as The Mature Student.  It's that middle-aged person who, after 40+ years of life, has finally realized their true calling, thus, enrolling back into school.  They enjoy adding input into class discussions, usually throwing in the line "my family", "my kids" or "my experience in life has..." into their answer, just cause they think that after living for almost half a century they're wiser than the rest of us (which of course, is why they're back in school at 50 years of age to complete an undergrad degree...)
  
  The Gamer - When your parents bought you a laptop for university, they thought it would be put to good use for typing up lecture notes.  Little did they know that instead it would be used  for facebook stalking, blogging, playing freecell, watching youtube videos and chatting with your friend who's sitting on the other side of the lecture hall.  Oh naive parents, how great are they?
  
  Mulitpen Clickers - Mulitpens are basically the lifesource of lifesci/pre-med students.  Sometimes, if you pay close attention, you can hear a few of them frantically clicking away as they change the colour of their pen to colour code something that doesn't really need to be colour coded.  [Note:  Some Keeners may also double as Mulitpen Clickers].
  
  The Socializer -  Makes it their mission to say "hi" to everyone they know before they sit down for class.  Also makes it their mission to say "bye" to everyone they know before leaving class.
  
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