Comments on: Texters and sleepers http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/10/texters-and-sleepers/ Thinking and Linking by Joanne Jacobs Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:51:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: Bellringers http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/10/texters-and-sleepers/#comment-40231 Bellringers Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:27:39 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=5910#comment-40231 Back in the day when there were real darkrooms, a kid in one of my classes fell asleep snoring. The rest of us decided to hide in the darkroom. My memory is a bit fuzzy, but I think we even changed the clock so the time showed it was after school. When the kid woke up, he yelped and ran out of the room and then came back in rather puzzled. The other kids then jumped out of the darkroom yelling,"surprise!" Needless to say that was the last time he ever feel asleep in class--or at least in my class. Now don't even get me started on texting. Wish I had a solution for that one. Back in the day when there were real darkrooms, a kid in one of my classes fell asleep snoring. The rest of us decided to hide in the darkroom. My memory is a bit fuzzy, but I think we even changed the clock so the time showed it was after school. When the kid woke up, he yelped and ran out of the room and then came back in rather puzzled. The other kids then jumped out of the darkroom yelling,”surprise!”

Needless to say that was the last time he ever feel asleep in class–or at least in my class.

Now don’t even get me started on texting. Wish I had a solution for that one.

]]> By: CharterMom http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/10/texters-and-sleepers/#comment-40230 CharterMom Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:53:33 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=5910#comment-40230 Hmmmm! I remember one of my high school English teachers telling me that the one thing she wished I'd do was stay awake during her class. And this was back in the 70's. In college I swore the profs knew whether they had a good lecture going or not by whether I stayed awake (ok,that is probably going a bit far but I do think I had a reputation for falling asleep). The thing was that most of that time when I appeared to be sleeping I was actually listening and remembering. I sometimes felt like I had a tape recorder in my head as I could often "hear" an answer to a test question (as opposed to those who could picture it on a page). Now one thing I do remember is that if a class switched from lecture to discussion I would generally pop up and participate so my teachers did have some indication that I was awake. While as an adult I can appreciate a teacher's frustration at teaching a class of "sleeping" students, it's not new and it may be that some of those "sleepers" are really just "listeners". FYI -- my high school age son and I have had this conversation several times recently as he seems have inherited my "listening while appearing to sleep" style. LOL Hmmmm! I remember one of my high school English teachers telling me that the one thing she wished I’d do was stay awake during her class. And this was back in the 70′s. In college I swore the profs knew whether they had a good lecture going or not by whether I stayed awake (ok,that is probably going a bit far but I do think I had a reputation for falling asleep). The thing was that most of that time when I appeared to be sleeping I was actually listening and remembering. I sometimes felt like I had a tape recorder in my head as I could often “hear” an answer to a test question (as opposed to those who could picture it on a page). Now one thing I do remember is that if a class switched from lecture to discussion I would generally pop up and participate so my teachers did have some indication that I was awake.

While as an adult I can appreciate a teacher’s frustration at teaching a class of “sleeping” students, it’s not new and it may be that some of those “sleepers” are really just “listeners”. FYI — my high school age son and I have had this conversation several times recently as he seems have inherited my “listening while appearing to sleep” style. LOL

]]> By: Rebeccat http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/10/texters-and-sleepers/#comment-40229 Rebeccat Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:39:32 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=5910#comment-40229 When I was in high school, there was a kid who habitually fell asleep in his math class. so one day his teacher and one of the bigger guys in the class gently picked up the whole desk with this kid still in it and carried him down the hall to our chemistry classroom. Amazingly, the kids slept through the whole thing. We quietly giggled and watched him snore until the bell rang and he woke with a start, completely confused and embarrassed to be sitting in front of a class full of older students. I'm not sure if the kid learned his lesson, but it was certainly memorable for me! When I was in high school, there was a kid who habitually fell asleep in his math class. so one day his teacher and one of the bigger guys in the class gently picked up the whole desk with this kid still in it and carried him down the hall to our chemistry classroom. Amazingly, the kids slept through the whole thing. We quietly giggled and watched him snore until the bell rang and he woke with a start, completely confused and embarrassed to be sitting in front of a class full of older students. I’m not sure if the kid learned his lesson, but it was certainly memorable for me!

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