Class Perspective

Last night at class, I sat next to this girl Vanessa. And I was struck by the different approaches to class. I approach the class with a fervor to understand what the teacher is talking about and not wanting to miss out on what the teacher says. Vanessa on the other hand takes a lot more lackadasical approach to the class. She's constantly doing other things in class and writing notes, but not necessarily paying attention to what the professor has to say. So last night while sitting next to her, I found that she started rubbing off on me...I started to not pay attention to the professor, writing incomplete notes, and goofing off. What the hell? That's not why I came to class, giving up a night of my time for this...Maybe she has a different perspective on things, that since she is a full time student, that she can make up for it by reading the textbook or something, but this is my only class, and I have limited time to give for the class, so why am I going to waste it by going to class and goofing off? People like that irk me. They pay to go to class and then they goof off. You'll pay one way or another, whether it be through extended studying time, or lower grades. This is ironic, because in college I rarely ever went to class. But that is because I didn't pay for the classes, my mom and dad did, so I didn't feel quite so bad. But now that I am paying for it, and that this is something that I initiated, that I want to get the most out of it as possible. I want to learn. I want to hear what the teacher has to say and absorb it into this brain of mine. I don't want to sit there, goofing off and wasting the professor's time, and wasting my time. If I can't make it, then I can't make it. But if I do make it, I want to make it worthwhile.