Perks Of Being A Back-Bencher
There are a few adjectives which I take pride in, when used in on me….and my friends. Two of which are:
1. Lazy
– which is evident from the name of my blog. And if you want to know the
perks of being lazy then I suggest you watch ‘Famous Lazy People’ video by the great Ryan Higa; and the other being,
2. Back-bencher – and if you are wondering what the
perks can possibly be then I suggest you read on!
Now, i understand that most people take offense when these words are used to describe them but not me..neither are my friends! We define these words and that too with utmost panache! And how!
Now, i understand that most people take offense when these words are used to describe them but not me..neither are my friends! We define these words and that too with utmost panache! And how!
Here are a dozen reasons why its not un-cool to be a back-bencher:-
Reason no. 1
We are the modest lot. In fact modesty is our middle name!
Sure we do not compete with each other on who raises their hand first as soon as a teacher asks a question.
Correction.
Sure we do not raise our hands AT ALL when a teacher asks a question but that is only because we do not like to give anyone an inferiority complex. And also because we are too lazy to do that.
But more often than not we answer correctly when we are actually asked a question. so ....... modest yes.. That's what we are!
Reason no. 2
Do homeworks and other minor project work sitting right in the class, thereby saving the time to watch series or do other productive work back home.
Reason no. 3
We can read story books. duh!
Reason no. 4
Play silent games like pictionary or charades which are absolutely necessary in a boring class.
Reason no. 5
Invent silent games everyday 'cause that's how creative we are! And because we are creative, we hate playing same games everyday. So a BAMF-ing new game is born!
Reason no. 6
Text and make use of the technology of this century even though we are not allowed to. Because being badass is our thing!
Reason no. 7
Prepare for that exam in the next period/day/tuition, because why waste time studying at home and miss those episodes from that series when we can simply do that in class? If we at all intend to study for the exam, that is.. Makes no sense whatsoever!
Reason no. 8
Awesome team-players. From whispering the answer to our friend in need to passing cheats to inclining our copies in various angles so that maximum fellow back-benchers can copy from it, team work is what we swear by.
Sharing of knowledge is one of the unspoken agreement that every back-bencher signs inadvertently. Therefore its no wonder that we share such strong bonds among each other.
Reason no. 9
Master multi-taskers. We talk, play games, read books, text, and what-not as well as keep a track of what is going on in the class.
We know exactly when to quit our crap start paying attention to the class. We look for answers on the internet during an exam and supply it to the whole class. So yeah, you are welcome, first-benchers!
Reason no. 10
We are rather smart! And I am really trying not to brag here but, come on! How else do you explain doing all the above and maintain an average (and sometimes above average)(not bragging...again...)(damn its hard!) grade at the end of the semester? Abundance of grey matter, that's how!
Reason no. 11
Entertain the whole class by creating necessary turbulence in the class to cope up with the boring lectures.
From running a commentary of the lecture from behind to bringing the zoo to the class, you name it, we do it! 'cause we are rad that way!
And we just love to have fun and make others have fun as well. And we are civil enough to not be disrespectful to the teachers either. so...yeah..that's that.
Reason no. 12
Contrary to the popular belief that 'back-benchers are scared shitless about sitting in the front', well I got news for you suckers! It takes immense amount of guts to do what we do. In fact we are nothing short of a daredevil! Sitting in the class and paying attention to teacher is way too mainstream and easy. But doing all these crap AND keeping track of the class is where the difficulty lies. But shying away from taking our chances is just not our thing. Risks are like a drug to us! We love it and we feed on it! Take that motherflippers!
Bonus reason:
That look on the front-benchers' face every time we give a correct answer or score well in a paper...Golden!
So now you know how to feel every time someone calls you a back-bencher! Take pride in it and walk off while singing "Shake it off" by Taylor Swift, with uber swagger!
Until next time then!
Peace \\//,
We are the modest lot. In fact modesty is our middle name!
Sure we do not compete with each other on who raises their hand first as soon as a teacher asks a question.
Correction.
Sure we do not raise our hands AT ALL when a teacher asks a question but that is only because we do not like to give anyone an inferiority complex. And also because we are too lazy to do that.
But more often than not we answer correctly when we are actually asked a question. so ....... modest yes.. That's what we are!
Reason no. 2
Do homeworks and other minor project work sitting right in the class, thereby saving the time to watch series or do other productive work back home.
Reason no. 3
We can read story books. duh!
Reason no. 4
Play silent games like pictionary or charades which are absolutely necessary in a boring class.
Reason no. 5
Invent silent games everyday 'cause that's how creative we are! And because we are creative, we hate playing same games everyday. So a BAMF-ing new game is born!
Reason no. 6
Text and make use of the technology of this century even though we are not allowed to. Because being badass is our thing!
Reason no. 7
Prepare for that exam in the next period/day/tuition, because why waste time studying at home and miss those episodes from that series when we can simply do that in class? If we at all intend to study for the exam, that is.. Makes no sense whatsoever!
Reason no. 8
Awesome team-players. From whispering the answer to our friend in need to passing cheats to inclining our copies in various angles so that maximum fellow back-benchers can copy from it, team work is what we swear by.
Sharing of knowledge is one of the unspoken agreement that every back-bencher signs inadvertently. Therefore its no wonder that we share such strong bonds among each other.
Reason no. 9
Master multi-taskers. We talk, play games, read books, text, and what-not as well as keep a track of what is going on in the class.
We know exactly when to quit our crap start paying attention to the class. We look for answers on the internet during an exam and supply it to the whole class. So yeah, you are welcome, first-benchers!
Reason no. 10
We are rather smart! And I am really trying not to brag here but, come on! How else do you explain doing all the above and maintain an average (and sometimes above average)(not bragging...again...)(damn its hard!) grade at the end of the semester? Abundance of grey matter, that's how!
Reason no. 11
Entertain the whole class by creating necessary turbulence in the class to cope up with the boring lectures.
From running a commentary of the lecture from behind to bringing the zoo to the class, you name it, we do it! 'cause we are rad that way!
And we just love to have fun and make others have fun as well. And we are civil enough to not be disrespectful to the teachers either. so...yeah..that's that.
Reason no. 12
Contrary to the popular belief that 'back-benchers are scared shitless about sitting in the front', well I got news for you suckers! It takes immense amount of guts to do what we do. In fact we are nothing short of a daredevil! Sitting in the class and paying attention to teacher is way too mainstream and easy. But doing all these crap AND keeping track of the class is where the difficulty lies. But shying away from taking our chances is just not our thing. Risks are like a drug to us! We love it and we feed on it! Take that motherflippers!
Bonus reason:
That look on the front-benchers' face every time we give a correct answer or score well in a paper...Golden!
So now you know how to feel every time someone calls you a back-bencher! Take pride in it and walk off while singing "Shake it off" by Taylor Swift, with uber swagger!
Until next time then!
Peace \\//,
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