Remember those lectures when you just about died of boredom? Couldn't keep your eyes open? Fidgeted all throughout?
I no longer have those. Why? Because no school lecture can compare to the agony of a boring work meeting. After eight years of being in the work force and attending irrelevant meetings, I have perfected the skill of attentively sitting and listening to completely irrelevant information. Sometimes it's necessary just to be professional. The result: I can happily pay attention throughout any lecture at school. Easy pleasy!
So now I just watch my classmates get bored as I maintain an air of interested perkiness.
:-)
Dana
2 comments:
I have been attending weekly research group meetings for the past 7 years. But I never developed the skill of attentively listening to those! I fall asleep. I find doodling helps me keep listening. But when I doodle, everyone thinks I am not listening.
What is the average age of your classmates?
> What is the average age of your classmates?
It's a mix of the 20ish ones that just finished their undergrad and went straight to grad school, and people like me. (Have worked for a bit.)
If I had to guess I'd say maybe 28?
D.
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