Sitting in college classes

The world offers divisions that will always be a challenge for people to overcome. Society would emphasize the difference of one from another in terms of colors, languages, beliefs, height or even weight. A place called “college”, however, welcomes such divisions in the degrees, majors, subjects and schedules students take. Divisions in college can also be found in unrecognized areas like the case of sitting arrangement.

The sitting arrangements in class give each individual an identity and the freedom to choose from. Students can choose from front, middle, back or the outside-the-room rows. The choice they make can be influenced by many aspects. 

The front rows are often preferred by students who are more or less considered intelligent. Students who choose or forced to sit in the first row are mostly students who feel the subject is interesting; thinks the teacher is attractive; likes challenging subjects; or students who didn’t have a choice otherwise they end up sitting on the floor at the back. 

The middle row reflects those students who are neutral. They occupy probably, the 3^rd,4^th to 5^th rows if there are 8 rows. They want to be safe, not to be called upon frequently, do not like challenges much, and they don’t like to get the professor’s attention either. Or students who have grudges because the first and the second row are already full. 

The back row, on the other hand, welcomes students who relax and learn at the same time. They are those who like chatting with their friends more than listening to their professors. They like to eat, nap, day dream during classes. Well, that is when their professors are busy writing stuff on the board not knowing that scrambled paper are dropping like bombs from behind. Or paper planes carrying love letters fly from Romeo to Juliet. But these students cannot be under estimated, they get high scores if not highest during exams. There are disguised geniuses and human scanner among their midst. 

There is another division that shouldn’t be forgotten. They are those who occupy the chairs outside the room. Those are the early birds for the next class. 

There would be instances, however, that the different divisions of sitting arrangement would change in terms of student preference, classroom environment, and other personal reasons. Some students would choose a combination of the two or even all kinds of divisions each according to the subjects they take. Again, they can choose from the 4 divisions or rows. The front row for those who are considered to be more or less intelligent, middle rows for students who are neutral, back rows for those who like a relaxed way to learn, and the outside-the-room rows for those who came late. 

by: RAK

editor: Adel