I have very little concentration sometimes, especially in classes like, oh, say, environmental science. I make up for my lack of focus with an excess of sass. Normally this is great. But in a classroom setting, it can be problematic. I can turn into a distraction for other people. So I try to restrain myself. But sometimes it just seems like people are begging me to not pay attention to the lecture.
Take today for instance.
Distraction #1:
A kid in the row in front of me was playing Pokemon on his laptop. I'm pretty sure it was sapphire edition. I was excited. I wanted to be his friend.
Instead, I just stared. I may or may not have looked like a complete creeper.
Distraction #2:
The kids taking pictures in Photobooth.
I'm not saying I've never done this in class before. I understand the boredom that can arise in classes you know you'll probably never think about again after the semester is over. It happens.
But this distraction was my favorite because they included me in it.
Unintentionally.
You know that triangle of space that occurs when two people put their heads together for a picture? Like from the neck to the shoulder?
That triangle was framing my face.
So I waited. I just looked over from time to time until I saw him press the button to snap the picture.
It counted down.
3
2
1
Then I looked over and made this face:
I know they noticed.
They cough laughed. They tried to be subtle while looking over their shoulder. Of course, I only saw this from the corner of my eye, because I was just staring at my computer and pretending to be furiously typing notes.
I regret nothing.
Add some sass to your photo-bombing class,
Jenna
