If you think about it, we all spend a huge portion of our lives in school. And most of that time is spent in a classroom, where we all took classes, jotted down the teacher’s lecture and gave our exams. But those aren’t the things that we remember the most. It’s the little things that we remember.
Most Indian students will attest to the fact that the fastest way to cure insomnia is to sit on the back bench during a history class. You will sleep sounder than this Kindergartner who dozed off while learning her ABCs.
The front benches were usually occupied by the toppers and were visited infrequently by less academically inclined students only on the vehement insistence of the teacher.
The advantages: The blackboard was clearer and umm… you studied well?
The disadvantages: You had to pay attention all the time and you couldn't catch 40 winks.