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30 Thoughts You Have During A Never Ending Lecture

I swear I was paying attention.

Paige Craigo

Apr 16, 2018

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We all hate the classic lecture style settings. Sitting through lectures that drone on and on are some of the driest and most boring moments in college. That's just a fact. There will always be professors that don't spice up their lectures with videos, questions, or even activities but rather present you with a full 90 minutes of them talking and talking and talking. But lectures are something we all have to sit through and painfully endure. It's the common ground that we all share: lectures are awful. So now I present you with my own personal thoughts from when I sat through a painfully long lecture earlier this week...

1. Why am I even here? This class is pointless.

2. What are they even talking about?

3. Is this even a part of the chapter?

4. What do I have to do after this class?

5. I should've just skipped. I have too many other things to do.

6. Do I have to do laundry later?

7. I wonder what my dog is doing. I miss him.

8. I'm going to get Pizza Hut later. Yum.

9. Oh some Starbucks sounds amazing!

10. Oh look that girl has coffee. Shes so lucky... I should've gotten some before class.

11. How many more days are there in the semester?

12. If he keeps droning on, I am going to fall asleep.

13. What's the point of this class anyways?

14. I wonder if I have a text message. Let's check.

15. I have no clue what's going on.

16. Oh I know the answer to that question! Wait nope, I was wrong.

17. I wonder what my boyfriend's doing? Gonna send him a text.

18. What page number did they just say?

19. I'm quite sure that what they're talking about has nothing to do with what's listed on the syllabus.

20. Syllabus is such a fun word to say. Syllabus. Syllabus. Syllabi!

21. Oh I just made eye contact with the professor. I gotta put my paying attention face on.

22. There is a huge smudge on the board...

23. I wonder if the person next to me is taking notes. Let's take a peek. Nope, no they're not.

24. A glass of wine sound's great right about now.

25. I wonder if they've put new movies on Netflix today. Definitely going to have to check that out later.

26. How late do I have to stay up tonight? Well that all depends on how quickly I can get my work done. Ugh.

27. What should I re-watch next: The Office or Grey's Anatomy?

28. Can I sneakily pull out Mr. Mercedes and read? Nah he'll notice that.

29. I need to pick up some water before heading by to my room. I'll just add that to my endless list of things I need to do.

30. I should probably be paying attention instead of making this list. What are they talking about now? Yeah that's not even relevant to this class. I'm good.

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30 Thoughts You Have During A Never Ending Lecture

I swear I was paying attention.

1. Why am I even here? This class is pointless.

2. What are they even talking about?

3. Is this even a part of the chapter?

4. What do I have to do after this class?

5. I should've just skipped. I have too many other things to do.

6. Do I have to do laundry later?

7. I wonder what my dog is doing. I miss him.

8. I'm going to get Pizza Hut later. Yum.

9. Oh some Starbucks sounds amazing!

10. Oh look that girl has coffee. Shes so lucky... I should've gotten some before class.

11. How many more days are there in the semester?

12. If he keeps droning on, I am going to fall asleep.

13. What's the point of this class anyways?

14. I wonder if I have a text message. Let's check.

15. I have no clue what's going on.

16. Oh I know the answer to that question! Wait nope, I was wrong.

17. I wonder what my boyfriend's doing? Gonna send him a text.

18. What page number did they just say?

19. I'm quite sure that what they're talking about has nothing to do with what's listed on the syllabus.

20. Syllabus is such a fun word to say. Syllabus. Syllabus. Syllabi!

21. Oh I just made eye contact with the professor. I gotta put my paying attention face on.

22. There is a huge smudge on the board...

23. I wonder if the person next to me is taking notes. Let's take a peek. Nope, no they're not.

24. A glass of wine sound's great right about now.

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26. How late do I have to stay up tonight? Well that all depends on how quickly I can get my work done. Ugh.

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28. Can I sneakily pull out Mr. Mercedes and read? Nah he'll notice that.

29. I need to pick up some water before heading by to my room. I'll just add that to my endless list of things I need to do.

30. I should probably be paying attention instead of making this list. What are they talking about now? Yeah that's not even relevant to this class. I'm good.

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