In my short life, I’ve done my fair share of sleeping in class. I’m not proud of it. It’s just the way it is. I don’t try to fall asleep; it just hits me at inconvenient times and I can’t stay awake. Unfortunately, I’m a big-time head-bobber, which means I don’t ever have the luxury of fighting drowsiness incognito.
This brings up a question. If a person is struggling to stay awake during a meeting of some sort, should he 1) throw in the towel and put his head down, 2) try to stay conscious, employing every strategy possible to convince others he’s really awake (stretching, shifting, propping his eyelids open), or 3) confess his struggle and stand up until he’s no longer tired?
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October 13, 2008 at 4:57 pm
Kevin
Just to shake things up you could pretend you have Tourette’s Syndrome and yell obscenities randomly. This does two things: it helps you stay awake and it also helps the other folks in this boring meeting to stay awake. It is really the loving, Christian thing to do.
October 14, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Rebecca
If you lift one thigh slightly off the chair/pew, you can’t fall asleep. This doesn’t work if you support that leg on your other one — it has to be “hovering”. This method is arguably far less noticeable than standing up or yelling randomly (although that would be far more fun!)
October 14, 2008 at 7:08 pm
Elizabeth
I have a friend that has actually fallen asleep while standing…so I’d employ that step with great caution–lol. When I went to school, I just put my head down and went to sleep…depending on the class. But hey, getting a little more sleep never hurt either. ;)
October 15, 2008 at 2:41 pm
wife
johnathon has… as well… falling asleep while walking…
so i’m not sure there’s any hope for him :)
October 23, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Dave
Drink a 2-liter of Mountain Dew before the meeting. You’ll stay awake, guaranteed. And not because of the caffeine…