Profs should be concerned about you being to sorry to get enough sleep because of your busy social schedule? You would pay more attention if you were paid to be in class? Let students sleep in class? Are you kidding me? Can you bathe yourself or do you need help with also? Good grief, what a sorry excuse for an adult, let alone a student, who should know better.

Given how highly your education is subsidized by state and federal tax dollars, you should be busting your hump in whatever classes YOU chose to sit and in and waste your life away. Here's a better idea, keep your lazy butt in bed and open up a seat in a classroom for someone who might understand the value of a higher education.

The naive problem-solver in me suggests some ways to take this into your own hands: 1) get more sleep at night, or 2) stay in bed if you're tired. Sleeping in class isn't really solving anything. It's not a good way to sleep, or learn.

When I first read Miss Lawson's editorial on sleeping in class, my first reaction was anger. However, after calming myself and quickly inhaling four cigarettes, I suddenly had an epiphany, and realized that as faculty, I owe her many apologies. I apologize, for instance, for being one of the many "walking dead" on this campus that apparently go by the other title of "faculty". While a student's college experience, from the Dark Ages onward, has been marred by less-than-interesting professors, there are many of us who care deeply for our students' learning experiences, and do everything possible (and within reason) to assure them a safe, fun, and educational college experience. I've had 11 years of formal college education, and can tell you that not every course was fun, nor kept my interest. However, in the grand scheme of things, it was a mere component of a larger, more rewarding end result...earning a college degree. Second, I apologize that college isn't entertaining enough in general...perhaps the degrees conferred at commencement should read "BS in Juggling", or "BA in Theatrics" instead? There is no enclave on Earth that will entertain you, serve your every need, and interest you 100%, and no university in this country can guarantee such a ludicrous idea. While there are faculty here who may not care about what they teach or how they teach it, there are many more who do...we have dedicated our lives to educating students, and we work tirelessly to maintain a respectable scholarly agenda. Yet, back to my point...I also apologize that you fail to see the larger picture. This education in "boredom" you describe is one that isn't available to all people, and perhaps you should view your experience here as a privilege rather than an ordeal in water torture. I apologize that my classes aren't scheduled around your other more pressing social activities, namely the "munchy runs and parties". Please kindly submit your preferred schedule to the Dean's office, and we'll arrange your sleeping schedule and social commitments around OUR schedules. Finally, not all students hold your views...I happen to firmly believe that my students appreciate the effort I, and others, put forth in their college experience. I know this because they tell me, just as they tell other faculty across this wonderful university. Your editorial was, indeed, arrogant. And, just a little self-entitled. Becoming an adult means engaging in less-than-interesting things, and sometimes with little or no payoff. You take the good with the bad, and realize that not everything should be offered to you with an "incentive". And speaking of incentive, I would teach for free if at all possible, however from the sentiments echoed in your editorial, I gather you need more than we can offer to keep your interest.