I would just focus on a spot above the students heads at the back of the class and pontificate on things sociological. However, over time, as I became more self-confident and also more concerned with classroom dynamics, I thought it might be worth taking a peek at their faces. Occasionally, some would just get up and walk out of the classroom and then return a few moments later. Either no eye contact, glazed eye contact, or total disregard for my human existence. None of this has any impact on the comic.
Students treat professors the same way.
They assume we can t see them . So, it makes no difference what they do. At the end of class I told him he would be more comfortable sleeping in a bed. I should report that this behavior is clearly on the rise. There are a number of possible explanations.