Where To Sit In The Classroom

Where you sit in a classroom has a lot to do with your ability to pay attention. This becomes even more crucial as class size increases, which is very likely in college.

Visualize a capital T. That is where you are most likely to pay attention. In the front row, or front few rows. And if not, sit in the middle rows. You are more likely to pay attention while sitting in the middle of a room.

Also, visualize a capital U, which fits nicely around a capital T. People sitting in the "U" are more likely to be have their attention drift.

T = Attentive
U = Inattentive

Go into a large college lecture hall and scan the room looking at individuals in the T and U. You will see the people who are messing around in class and talking to friends usually sit in the U.

Forget about where your friends are sitting in class. You can walk with them to class and walk back from class with them. But while your in the classroom, you need to be there for yourself.

Remember, your classmates and your friends will eventually be competing with you for a job one day. Do what you need to do to learn your best.

If you are in a class with assigned seating, it may not be a bad idea to talk to your teacher in private one day and request to have you seat changed into a part of the T.