第一天上课坐前排就是学霸吗？

 　　获得52.2k好评的回答@Isaac Hanemann：

　　Among my peers, the most common reasons to sit in front are:

　　在我的同龄人中，坐在前排的最普遍的原因是：

　　?Poor vision

　　视力不好

　　?Poor hearing

　　听力不好

　　?Harder to fall asleep (my main reason)

　　不容易睡着（我的主要原因）

　　That's about it. I've sat in the back and I've sat in the front, and I've seen no difference in how professors treat me. In fact, I sat in the front of my linear algebra¹ class and still fell asleep almost every class. I went to office hours for that class regularly and I asked the professor if it bothered him and he said he understood completely. I put in the work outside the classroom and performed well on exams, and that's what ends up on the transcript².

　　情况就是这样。我坐过后排，也坐过前排，发现教授对我的态度没什么不同。其实线性代数的课上我坐前排还是几乎每节课都会犯困。我经常因为这个课程去教授办公室，我问教授这样是否会打扰他，他说他完全能理解。我在课外投入很多努力，考试成绩不错，所有这些都体现在了成绩单上。

　　From my experience, going to office hours regularly, emailing questions that may be beyond the scope of class just out of your own curiosity, and reading ahead of time so you can ask good, relevant questions are the best ways to give a professor a good impression. Where I've sat in the classroom hasn't noticeably affected³ a professors opinion of me in the slightest.

　　从我的经验来看，经常去教授办公室，出于好奇给教授发邮件问一些可能超出课堂教学内容的问题，提前预习以便能问出一些好的相关的问题，这些就是给教授留下好印象的最好方法。我在教室里坐的位置对老师对我的看法一点影响都没有。

　　获得46.5k好评的回答@Dave Consiglio：

　　I’d say there are three options that I regularly see:

　　我想说我经常看到三种情况：

　　1.They want to sit in front because they are sending a message that they want a good grade.

　　他们想坐在前排，因为他们要显示他们想取得好成绩。

　　2.They want to sit in front because they have vision or hearing problems.

　　他们想坐前排是因为视力或听力的问题。

　　3.They are the last to show up and the only seats available are those in the front.

　　他们最后进来的，只有前排还有空座位。

　　The first two groups of students tend to do well. The last tend to do pretty poorly. I try to treat all of my students fairly, regardless of where they sit.

　　前两种学生上课表现会很好，最后一种上课表现特别糟。我尽量公平对待所有学生，不管他们坐哪儿。

　　获得4.5k好评的回答@Ken Eckert：

　　Typically, sitting at the front indicates to me that you want to hear everything I say and want to have more one-to-one questioning with me. Sitting in the middle suggests that you want to fit in, and will be better at group work. Sitting in the back usually means that you want to play with your phone. The people in the front seats will often get the highest grades, dropping as the rows go back.

　　通常坐在前排对我来说暗示了你想听清楚我说的每句话，想有更多一对一问问题的机会。坐在中间排表明你想融入课堂，更擅长团队合作。坐在后排通常意味着你想玩手机。坐前排的人通常分数最高，座位越靠后，分数越低。

　　Yes, of course, this is a tendency and not a law, and there are exceptions. I really hope that I'm not favoring front-seat people and producing my own predictions. But I must point out that for some older professors, they actually can't see the people in the back well.

　　的确，这当然只是一种趋势，不是规律，也会有例外。我真希望我不会因为喜欢前排的学生而对他们有所期待，但我必须告诉你对于一些年龄更大的教授来说，他们真的看不清坐后排的学生。

　　获得1k好评的回答@Cindy Ludwig：

　　I don't expect anything different from them if they sit in the front. I have not noticed any correlation⁴ between attentiveness⁵, participation⁶ and respectful behavior. I have noticed though, that students who sit in the back row are almost always disrespectful and inattentive. I have not observed any correlation between achievement and seat location, even though as a student myself, I usually prefer to sit in the front to put distraction⁷ behind me.

　　对于坐在前排的学生我也没有什么特别的期待，我没发现注意力集中、课堂参与和有礼貌之间有任何联系，然而我发现坐在后排的学生总是很没礼貌、注意力不集中。我没发现学习成绩与座位之间有任何联系，即使我自己在学生时代为了集中注意力听课也常喜欢坐在前排。

1 algebra   

n.代数学

参考例句：

• He was not good at algebra in middle school.他中学时不擅长代数。
• The boy can't figure out the algebra problems.这个男孩做不出这道代数题。

2 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

3 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

4 correlation   

n.相互关系，相关，关连

参考例句：

• The second group of measurements had a high correlation with the first.第二组测量数据与第一组高度相关。
• A high correlation exists in America between education and economic position.教育和经济地位在美国有极密切的关系。

5 attentiveness   

[医]注意

参考例句：

• They all helped one another with humourous attentiveness. 他们带着近于滑稽的殷勤互相周旋。 来自辞典例句
• Is not attentiveness the nature of, even the function of, Conscious? 专注不正是大我意识的本质甚或活动吗？ 来自互联网

6 participation   

n.参与，参加，分享

参考例句：

• Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
• The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。

7 distraction   

n.精神涣散，精神不集中，消遣，娱乐

参考例句：

• Total concentration is required with no distractions.要全神贯注，不能有丝毫分神。
• Their national distraction is going to the disco.他们的全民消遣就是去蹦迪。