Sleeping in Class:

The art of sleeping in class is a delicate one, that must account for all parties involved. There is the aspect of courtesy to your fellow student, avoidance of deadly insult to the professor, and of course, the matter of one's own rest. It is only after all of these parties has been satisfied that a student can truly relish his or her classroom sleeping experience.

One must pay proper courtesy to their fellow student. Loud snoring, or other activites might prevent others from being able to successfully nap, themselves. To deal with nasal issues, one should always bring a nerdy friend to class. Someone who will want to stay awake during those long, droning lectures, that would put any normal human being into the most peaceful of sleeps. Your nerdy friend will be able to poke you, should you begin to snore, thereby showing the proper amount of courtesy the other nappers around you. As a bonus to this, by befriending such a student, you will have someone to copy off of during the exam -- something that is of the utmost importance, seeing as how the successful classroom sleeper might only be available for the first and last 2 minutes of class.

Now, another potential hazard of this is that you might offend the professor. This is of concern to the classroom sleeper, because you don't want to fail the class, and have to sleep through it again. I mean, how much injustice must one student endure? The lack of snoring, thanks to the previously mentioned method is one way to avoid such insult. However, an advanced sleeper will take more drastic and advanced methods into consideration. For example, one might consider sleeping with a pen in his hand -- which will look like you are simply resting your head and feverishly writing -- you'll come off as an intensely concerned student. Also, when you see the "smart kids" congregating around the professor after class, consider joining them, and pretending that you wanted to have the same questions answered.

Finally, one must be concerned with his own physical comfort while napping in class. Napping in a lecture-bowl seat can be largely uncomfortable, so I suggest bringing a pillow, and maybe some blankets -- wear your pajamas to class. Also consider lying across a few chairs, some lecture rooms have desktops that fold away, allowing you to sleep as comfortably as when you pass out on your friends couch after drinking a bottle of Cuervo.

I'm hoping that now, if you even bother to go to class, (which is the topic of a whole 'nother post), that you will be more effective in doing so. Good Luck and happy napping.

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