He says he has always been tempted to play a similar trick on sleeping students in his own classes.
Bossert says he also has fond memories of certain sleeping students.
"I remember one time a student fell deeply asleep," he says. "His head fell back over the chair, pointing up at the ceiling."
"We didn't know whether to wake him or not," Bossert says. "It was kind of cute."
Professors have borne on with 9 a.m. lectures for years. But increasingly, with students sleeping through class and sometimes not even coming to class at all, some have decided that it is not worthwhile to continue the tradition.
"The day I saw the article about a proposed fourth meal in The Crimson, I decided that I surrender--no more 9 o'clock classes for upperclassmen," Davis says. "They just can't get themselves together in time to shower, go to the dining hall and get to class."
All jokes aside, the dilemma of dozing lecture halls does concern those at the lectern.
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