“What did he just say I didn’t get that?” I glance back to the person behind me playing Tetris on his cell phone.

I want to say, “If you were listening for once and not playing games on your phone maybe you would’ve heard it.”

As I start to return my attention back to the professor I catch another student playing a different game on his phone. I wonder for a brief moment what game he’s playing and then return to listening to my professor. My eyes start to slowly shut from the lack of sleep I got the night before. My mind starts to wander off as I retreat into my own dream world.

“Michelle wake up, you’re doing it again!” My friend jabs my arm with her elbow as my eyes snap open. “Huh, what?” I blink my eyes and look around the room. Nothing has changed. I look up at the clock to discover that only a minute has passed. I rub my eyes and look at the professor who is still talking as if everyone is listening to him.

I really didn’t miss too much in that minute so I go back to taking my notes and listening to what is said as if I had never drifted off in the first place.I see it all the time in my classes, students will either zone out into a world of their own, play games on their phones or just plain fall asleep never to really hear what the professor is saying.

After class students complain about how they have no idea what is going on in the class and how they don’t understand any of it. I agree with some of them about not understanding, but hello, it would help if you actually stayed awake in class or maybe took notes. Those things might just fix your problems or help in a big way.

When you walk into the classroom the professors expect you to have already read the 30 pages or more in the one or two days you had since the last class. The professors expect you to know all the information for that pop quiz they’ll be giving at the end of the class. I’m sure they knew that some of the students haven’t done any studying and I bet they don’t really care about your grade like high school teachers did.

I guess students’ study habits have declined the last few years, seeing that many of them all go out and party the night before not even glancing at the book and then use the class to catch up on their sleep.

I wonder if they actually wanted to pass the class this semester or if they are willing to take it again next semester with some interest in it. You would think that college students, since they want to and are paying enough money to be here, would actually do the homework or even listen during a class to show some interest.

I know people have to have fun and be able to do other things instead of just schoolwork, but they’ve got to manage their time better so they can fit everything in.

I find it funny when I’m walking around campus and I see students on their laptops surfing the Internet or playing card games. A good way to pass time in between classes, but maybe instead of games, students can use the time to finish the homework they didn’t do the night before or even study for that pop quiz they might be getting in their next class. What is playing card games going to help them with?

I know there are some students who actually crack open a book every once in a while or even take notes during a class, but I have just found so many more students who don’t. I’m starting to think that college students are just like high school students, very lazy. I’m also guilty of the occasional putting things off until the last minute.

At least I get it done for when it is due and listen during class to what my professor is saying. I hate hearing about students who have no clue what is going on in class because they don’t care enough to learn the material when it is given to them.

I see it all the time in my classes, I even hear about it in the dorms as I’m walking down the hall.

Everyone wants to complain about the work, but no one wants to do something to fix the problem. If you want to learn, you have to start by teaching yourself something.