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I designed one of these last semester because I kept observing where people were sitting and how they would act in class. I’m usually in the middle. If I really don’t like the class then i’ll sit in the middle but in the second to last row. 

It depends on the class. In my music history class I’m a back row person. I just do not pay any attention. However, I have a B in that class which I think is fairly solid. In every other class I’m either in the front of second row, but this is considering the fact that my largest class has 21 people, and many of my classes have about 10.

I sit where there’s a seat. 

i’m usually mid-center to second-row, though the occasional front-rower.  i don’t have the best eye sight, so it helps to sit in front sometimes.  

during undergrad, i’d sit in the back against a wall. when i wasn’t asleep, i ruined the grading curve (and have been told this by multiple professors – not just me being cocky. lol)

now that i’m in grad school, the classes are barely above 15 people, so we all sit in the frontish

i guess im too cool for school then lol. just cant be bothered to give attention.

This is not true at all for me.  I always sat in the back unless it was a lecture hall.  I sat in the back and/or near an exit and I still got decent grades,  I was usually interested in the class (or I would not have come accept to turn in assignments/take the tests).  Maybe it is true for other people.

Now that I am teaching, this is only true for my non-majors class.  In my majors class, my best students sit in the back row by the wall.

As a grad student, I sit all over the place. If my professor is boring, the back is best so I can go get some water and return. If he is good, then somewhere in the middle near the aisle is best, so we can have a little interaction.

Front or second row. I’d be a relative middle near the wall..ish but I have a hard time seeing the dry erase board so I gotta sit up close. I think seat position as per personality does play a role but so does ability to hear/see and how many seats there available.

I sit in the front row, so I can sorta see the board if I forget my glasses. 

Meh. With my phobia of crowds/people I have very specific requirements for where I can sit in a lecture. I have to take an aisle seat so there aren’t people sitting on either side of me, and I have to gauge which location is least likely to lure people to sit behind me (I don’t like sitting in the back because I actually want to hear the lecture). Sometimes close to the door is good because I get out faster, but sometimes farther from the door is also good because it takes longer to leave and I can wait till most of the class is already gone.

My Film class is in an auditorium with sectioned seating, which is fantastic — there’s a front half and a back half separated by an aisle several feet wide, and each is divided into three sections with aisles in between. I can have an aisle seat in the back row of the front section and be able to hear the lecture and see the movies just fine

I sit next to the wall.  Not because I’m an undercover genius or whatever, but because social situations make me unbelievably nervous.  I feel like the wall offers me more stability and protection.

I’m usually in the front row or the middle, but I’d never contradict a teacher or ask pointless questions just to kiss ass. I hate people who do that.

I sit in the front because I’m blind as a bat.

I sit as close to the front as I can while needing an outlet.  Some classes I can only sit halfway down the side or in the back because of it :’(

Or front row means you were running late to the first day of class and got stuck there because every other seat was already taken.

i sit at the back, against the wall near the door LOL

oh how i hate school. most miserable years of my life = =

Front because I learn better there.  I also like to participate in class. I dunno, guess I like learning.

Wow, the against the wall thing is very close to how I am   I tend to sit in the middle rows, mid center… if I’m in a lecture hall. 

I have to sit front row middle or else I get distracted…sometimes I’ll choose second row middle if the front row is way too close to the teacher lol

Haha! I usually sit near the front (but not front front), by the edge.

Next to the wall…so I don’t have to be surrounded by people on both sides. Always the right wall too.

And…funny enough I do pretty well. Not a genius or anything though.

This is definitely hilarious but completely inaccurate for me.

I sit in the front row so that I will pay attention and not be tempted to sleep, text, get on facebook, or otherwise distract myself from the lessons.

lol this is seriously so true. 

I always sat in the front row, because I read that it makes professors think you’re interested. I didn’t like it at all, but I made myself do it. I got straight-A’s and graduated summa cum laude with a 4.0 average, so I’m not going to knock my strategy, and I’d recommend it. It wasn’t comfortable for me, but it was effective because it meant I had to pay attention and that professors noticed who I was. It’s a simple way to signal to an instructor that you care, and it’s not something you have to work for, so I’d say it’s 100% worth it.

Nope I sit in the last row because I have anxiety problems and I will not be able to pay attention in any row where someone is behind me lol. However, I should sit in the front because I’m nearsighted as anything. But I can’t :’)

I was never in a lecture hall, classes of 30 or less, so there’s not much you can get away with there. 

This doesn’t really match me. For the only class that I sit in the front I never EVER talk. EVER! I’ve only talked once since the 6 weeks I’ve been in the class. For the rest of my clases I all sit in the back/closest to the door possible. It’s helpful for my panic attacks to be able to run out when needed. 

SO TRUE! i was totally an against the wall person

Usually I sit in the middle/back (like the 2nd last row) , I don’t like ever participate in class, but I do pay attention. There’s a couple classes where I sit at the front,

HAHA! This is somewhat true… I always sit off to the side.

I sat in the back row of our econ class, we never paid attention, but we all got the good grades and were the life of the class 

I sit in the front so I can see the board and/or the presentation… not because I want to be a teacher’s pet.

2nd or 3rd row, but never 1st!

i love my 2nd row. zzz 

Against the wall, and that is actually very true of me – I get good grades etc but don’t really speak up much :p Drives my teachers crazy, haha

I sit in the front so I’m not allowed to fall asleep/look like I’m not paying attention. Although in certain classes this doesn’t stop me haha.

I sit in the back row against the wall in the corner if possible. It’s the best possible space. No one sits on two sides of me and I can chill and still pay attention and then people don’t get pissed for not being able to see the board cuz they’re short.

i sit in the front row because I am too lazy to wear my glasses… also to lazy to do a heck of a lot else in class.

I sit.. in the front-middle. But when I’m late.. I’m in the back. : / And if the professor’s horrible.. I’d end up sitting in the back to do my homework/study on my own.. HAHAHAHHA. I’m a nerd.

I’m a second row sleeper and a mid-center, depending on the class. I don’t like the front row mostly because it is usually TOO close to the professor. I took an econ class once (smaller classroom, not a lecture hall, but it’s all still applicable), and would stare out the window. My professor called me out on it once. I did it because I either had to crank my neck back to look up at him…or stare at his crotch all class. So I would probably have no issue with the front row if the professor kept distance from it so I look at him straight on.

I think I am an against the wall, mid-center kind of person… XD

I’m in the front so I can hear and don’t get distracted by people in front of me with laptops/dozing off/etc.

people in the front are the same as people in the middle, they’re just more secure and not thinking “oh no I better not sit up front or people will think I’m a loser!”

ha! i was the back-of-the-class against-a-wall close-to-the-door jaded leather jacket wearing person who hated school and doodled through class but made the curve rough on everyone. college is just too silly to take seriously– i’m glad i’m not wasting my money on that sort of “education” anymore.

Lol so true.  You would normally think that professor wouldn’t be flattered by these obvious questions so you don’t understand why they would those type of questions. Professors know who pays attention, does the reading and such.  A little sucking up doesn’t hurt but honestly these first row people really are the pain in the butt.

HAHA I’m  a second row sleeper 

i sit near the wall if it’s available, or in the back. i don’t like being crowded by people. 

I try to sit in the middle or slightly to the front. Mostly because I am “blind & deaf” (not really but I do have a hard time with hearing and seeing)

if i don’t like the class or the teacher, i sit at the back near the exit. if it’s one of my favorite subjects, then maybe i’ll sit in the third row so that it’s near enough to be able to listen carefully, but still out of the way so as not to be noticed.