r ie Battalion Aggielife Page 3 • Monday, March 29, 1999 jpeaia' iberrya fresr-j ijor, Ben Inna ' major, Blaiie h major, and nhomore bus« i major, pair jut the guttei g at the Bigi, ™ ^id The BiJ oca use itassia eople. the people ,'1 ford having I their house. " elderly who ,f talk to. What dreams may come Sleeping in class can present problems for students, distractions to professors Story by: Scott Harris Photo by: Terry Roberson Graphic by: Michael Wagener leeping in class is an art form re- ^quiring perseverance and many ^■hours of practice. Students who have erfected the classroom nap reap the ben- : its of altering their sleep schedule. Classes always get in the way of do- igthe important things in life. Some udents feel that by sleeping in class, ley can kill two birds with one stone — ley get the necessary amount of sleep ad also make time at night to do things tat could have been done during those assroom hours. The only thing that auld get sacrificed is the student’s i ot studenu rade-point ratio. 1 IfWhatever the reason, students have i liketoseei een sloping in class since the concep- e( jndMus 011 ! °f school, and things probably are use mod is 3t S oin S to cha nge. afferentba! F * e ^ er > a senior petroleum engi- 11 1 ‘ Being major, said there are many rea- ms people fall asleep in class. vemenl in ot 7 ^ o increased of students ag our schoo en unless ea ?d efforts of le key to re g studenisi unity and» .cries, it will Iniversity. “ “Sometimes the professor is just really boring,†Fielder said. “Sometimes the stu dent might just be extremely tired, and sometimes they go to class with the in tention of sleeping. I know I’ve done it.†Kali Wilkinson, a junior community health major, said some students sleep in class because they will get credit for just showing up. “Sometimes people sleep because they don’t have to pay attention in class,†Wilkinson said. “If the professor has pre pared notes and they give them out, then some people just show up to get credit for being in class.†Don Tomlinson, a journalism profes sor, said students sleep in class because they take on too many extracurricular ac tivities. “There are so many things outside of class,†Tomlinson said. “Some students just run themselves ragged, taking on more than they can do, so sleep gets cut out.†Even though it is the student that is most directly affected by sleeping in class, the professor also can be affected. Fielder said professors could take a stu dent sleeping in their class personally. “I think they [get] insulted,†Fielder said. “They feel that you don’t think they are important enough to pay attention to.†Tomlinson said he can understand why students sleep in class. “If the student is in the Corps [of Cadets], it’s routine and understandable,†Tomlinson said. “My first semester teach ing here there was a Corps student that slept half of the time. Finally I asked him about it, and he explained everything they have to do. So I understand. "I don’t take it personally at all if only one person is sleeping and 98 percent of the class is awake. I don’t feel like I am putting students to sleep. If I did, I would reassess my teaching methods.†Tomlinson said sleeping in class some- “Some students just run themselves ragged/ 7 — Don Tomlinson Journalism Professor times can be distracting to him. “It’s distracting if their elbow keeps dropping off of the table,†Tomlinson said, “or if they are just nodding off and their head keeps dropping when they are try ing to stay awake.†Most students have slept in class. which means most students have a sleep- ing-in-class story, whether it is something that happened to them or somebody else. Fielder said his sleeping story was al most extremely embarrassing. “It was my freshman year, the first week of school right after Fish Camp,†Fielder said. “1 was in my political science class and I was nodding off. “I heard my professor say 99,000 stress ing the 99. So I started to stand up and wildcat before I realized where I was. I was able to sit down before the professor could turn around and figure out who it was.†Wilkinson said her story happened dur ing a test. “I was in class and the professor was passing out the tests,†Wilkinson said. “I looked behind me and there was this dude sleeping with his head in his hand. I’m not sure, but I think he slept through the whole test.†e different culu ecome more in' than the ones Texas Aggie Athletics This Week! Tennis (W) Monday 6:00 vs. Texas Tech Yniversiv Tennis (W) Wednesday 6:00 vs. Harvard Tennis (M) Thursday 6:00 vs. Texas Tech Softball Friday 6:00 vs. Texas Baseball Friday 7:00 vs. Nebraska Baseball Saturday 2:00 (DH) vs. Nebraska ip or endorse® ,-2696. For clasi' and office hours' M student to pr**;; ions are month. TocWf i Friday during f; sion Paid at —. 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