If you're in college, specifically at UCF, you've definitely had a large lecture class before containing at least 300 students. This quickly becomes a very strange place, and you'll encounter a very eclectic group of students. General Education classes are the worst, but this can happen in large classes within your major or minor as well. Here are five types of students we've all encountered at some point:
1. The Jokester
There's always that one kid in the lecture who feels the need to crack a joke at least one time per class. Worst of all, the joke is usually so cringe worthy that the professor eventually stops calling on them when he or she raises a hand. However, if you're really unlucky, you'll get the person who just blurts them out, interrupting the lecture with an awkward pause. But hey, at least it's (somewhat) entertaining.
2. Tardy Tom
Sometimes a large class may have many "Tardy Toms," and sometimes there will only be one, but I can assure you that there are never none. You can bet on having that one person in your class that shows up 10 minutes late (at least). Sometimes it's the girl who stops at Starbucks every day but still hasn't learned to leave earlier, or sometimes it's the person who snoozes his or her alarm 10 times before getting up.
3. The Snoozer
Often times this is the same person who showed up late. The snoozer is the one student who sits in the back and occasionally falls asleep, sometimes letting out a little snore. This person is always awkward to encounter. Do you wake them up? Will someone else wake them up? It's always uncomfortable, especially the closer you are to them.
4. The Super Underprepared Person
This one is weird because at least they showed up, but why did they show up without a backpack, pencil, or notebook? There is literally always that person who shows up with nothing but their phone, and it leaves us all so confused. Why come if you aren't going to take notes and stay on your phone the whole time? And even if you aren't on the phone, no one has that stellar of a memory.
5. The Curious George
We all hate this person because they are usually the reason our lecture runs late. This is the student that asks way too many questions that half of the time aren't even important. He or she always sit in the front row if not the first couple of rows and play teacher's pet by asking everything that pops into his or her head. But the funny part is that the professor usually hates them just as much as the rest of us do.
The remainder of the class is most of us-- we go to most of the classes, take decent, but not verbatim, notes, mind our own business, and just want to go home. Although these other students can be a hassle to have in a class, some moments of humor can sometimes lighten up a boring lecture, and at least we're not the ones showing up late, right?
