Of course I take in every word my professor tells us, just sometimes (all the time) I tend to have other things occupying my mind. Especially with my laptop in front of me, the options are endless.
1. "Why am I here if the professor doesn’t take attendance?"
2. "Oh, wait, I pay thousands of dollars for this education that’s why."
3. "Ah, yes, please sit right next to me even though there are 100 other seats open."
4. "When does this class end again?"
5. "I WASN’T DONE WRITING DOWN THAT SLIDE."
6. "Wow, I could really go for some Chick-Fil-A right now."
7. "Glad my stomach just growled so loud it sounded like Chewbacca."
8. "How did this girl just spend 400 dollars online shopping beside me?"
9. "Now I kind of want to spend 400 dollars online shopping."
10. "That seems kind of important, guess I’ll write that down."
11. "I wonder what I’ll wear to the tailgate this weekend."
12. "Actually, I wonder what I’m going to wear tonight."
13. "OK, we’ve been on this slide for 15 min now, let’s get going please."
14. "If I leave discreetly, I bet no one would even notice."
15. "Great, only 30 minutes left, so basically a lifetime."
16. "Sh*t, when’s the test again?"
17. "I better reply to the group message before I forget."
18. "Might as well text everyone back while I’m at it."
19. "The professor is looking at me, just nod and act like you know what is going on."
20. "The class is supposed to end at 1:00, it’s 1:01, isn’t this illegal?"
The PowerPoint slides are truly fascinating don’t get me wrong, I just know that many other college students and I don’t think about the definition of a SWOT analysis or how to graph a linear equation the whole time during lecture.