Classroom Seating Arrangement

In grad school I had a lot of "round table" seating arrangements, so for those I'd tend to sit near the back corner in hopes I wouldn't be asked to talk as much. (Unless I had a group for something, then of course I'd sit with them.)

But for regular rows of desks I like the 3rd row or so from the front. Too far up makes me feel silly, but too far back and it's hard for me to follow the class.

I sit near the girls I like.

When there isn't any in the classroom, I'll just go to the back. I like it there, I can see everything that's going on in the room and the teacher usually leaves me alone until I have something to say.

When you have a group of 15 people in a class room big enough to fit 200, you're kind a forced in the front. I usually sit on the corners, since it gives me more legspace, and since I'm left, so that I don't have to bother other people.

If it's a class I'm interested in, I'll sit in the front to earn recognition and brownie points. A lot of my classes are very small anyway, so there's nowhere to hide. Never sit in the back, though; only pothead hippie commie nazi stoners sit back there.

When I teach, I ask people to move out of the back rows and come to the front. THERE IS NO ESCAPE.

Originally Posted by Legato

Chillout Lounge please, lol.

Anyway, I usually sit in the back. I guess it's a black thing.

Or Asian, too, I guess.

Those would be the lazy or cocky types. For the ones who are smart and speak out they usually sit no further back from the third row. I sit from the 2nd row and back. First row means I can't doze off for a second because the teacher is right in your face.

I usually head for the nearest window, near the back. Unfortunately, some of classes have no windows, but I think I instinctively just head towards the back corners anyways.

It seems, though, that these areas attract a lot of talkers. I get mad, you know, since I actually pay to be in class and I don't so much fall asleep anymore like I did in high school. I want to be there.

It seems that I attract the fucking assholes who want to chat and never work in class.

I usually try to sit where my friends are but in my math class I have to sit up close for when I'm taking notes and stuff.

Depends on placement of the door. If I am in a smaller room for one of my major classes (15-40 people), I'll sit near the middle where my buddies are.

Back in my 100-class days where I would have 200+ students in my room per class, I would sit near the back often because that's where the entrance/exit was found. And I prefer quick entrances/escapes when crowds get humongous.