The Chatter Box:
The first types of students are the type that talk ALL class long. I will admit, these people drive me INSANE. I come to class with the intention of learning, not to try to hear a conversation behind me about what happened last Friday night while I try to pay attention to the professor. If you are going to come to class, be respectful of everyone around you and realize other people are actually trying to listen to the professor. Save last weekendâs gossip for after class. I admit I am not a mute during class. But the occasional whisper to your neighbor is not as bad as the motor mouth who talks from the second they sit down to the second they leave.
The Sleepy Head:
These are the students who come to class and just sleep. This person might have impeccable attendance, but they never manage to stay awake to reap the benefits. Last quarter, I was the Sleepy Head in one of my classes, but in my defense 3:10-4:00 pm is my nap time. I think the sleepy heads are generally quite entertaining. A chronic sleepy head can provide great amusement to a dry lecture, especially when the teacher discovers  the slumbering student and gets the entire class to stare at the perpetrator at the tend of class so they wake up and feel extremely awkward. I have even had the occasional teacher that throws something at the student. Hey, when you fall asleep, you run that risk. As long as there is no snoring coming from the sleeping student, dream on!
The Walking Dead:
Now, I understand in college, we all live in tight quarters with one another. When your roommate or a person on your floor gets sick, sooner or later, you are going to catch their cold as well. Coming to class with a runny nose or a small cough is understandable and shows dedication. But please, when you are sitting there, coughing up a lung or unsuccessfully attempting to prevent Niagara Falls from seeping out of your nose, do everyone in the lecture hall, and yourself, a favor and do not come. Donât take this as an insult, but simply as a plea from everyone sitting around you. It would be in your best interest (and ours) to take this one day off of class and stay at home, drink tea, take medicine and watch DVDâs all day long. We as fellow students, with vulnerable immune systems, will understand and I am sure you can easily find a friend or another classmate to email you the notes you missed.
The Technological Texter:
In a society that is so connected with technology, it is bound to lead to technologically dependent students. This person is very connected with the outside world while they are in class. They are constantly texting on their phone, Facebook-chatting everyone who is online, playing Words With Friends, listening to music, etc. I find it humorous to occasionally scan the lecture hall and see the countless number of cell phones out and in use. Gone are the days in high school when we had to hide our cell phone under our desk or in our backpacks as we texted. Now students freely text in front of their faces and leave their phones out on the desk with no fear of being reprimanded. I find it comical and entertaining to sit behind someone on a laptop that, even though they showed up to class, spends the entire time on Facebook or surfing the internet for who knows what. Hey, youâre showing up to class right? Thatâs the important part.
The Know-it-All:
Every time I mention this next type of student, I always get an eye roll and a statement such as, âOh my god, I totally have one of those in my class.â They are the type that knows (or thinks they know) EVERYTHING and/or always make comments about what the teacher says. I find nothing wrong with being proud of your intellectual capacitites, yet I hear people complain about that âone kidâ in their class who always answers the teacher or is always asking questions. I am not saying there is anything wrong with being verbally active in class. This is just a type of student that I always seem to find in one of my classes. People tend to get most annoyed when it is in a small seminar-type class.