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I can’t speak for everyone but my friends and I have skipped countless lectures in college. Sometimes it was a boring teacher, sometimes we had something better to do and sometimes we all just said, “screw it, we aren’t going”. It was easy to leave the professor high and dry, waiting with desperate eyes for students, but we never took their feelings into account.
Something similar happened with Professor Adam Heath Avitable when he went to his class only to find out that there are no students there. As Adam is also a comedian, he took this opportunity to share his situation with the world by live tweeting the updates and it turned out to be hilarious. Take a look yourself.
1. It all started when Adam tweeted a picture of the empty classroomÂ
You know that college rule – if the professor is more than fifteen minutes late, class is canceled?
Does the opposite apply as well? pic.twitter.com/IX0QzbX37Z
— Adam Heath Avitable (@avitable) January 19, 2017
2. Half an hour passed but it was still a ‘no-show’
Classwatch 2017. Class started 30 mins ago. No students yet. I thought one was coming but it was just an administrator. Who laughed at me.
— Adam Heath Avitable (@avitable) January 19, 2017
3. At this point, Adam started getting a little delusionalÂ
Five more minutes have passed. I'm starting to doubt myself. Did I tell them no class? Is today Thursday? Am I dreaming? #Classwatch2017
— Adam Heath Avitable (@avitable) January 19, 2017
4. And a little sad
It's so quiet. Every time I hear a door open, I sit up and smile. But when nobody enters my classroom, I die on the inside. #Classwatch2017
— Adam Heath Avitable (@avitable) January 19, 2017
5. Adam was not just doubting himself, but the classroom doors too!
Class started 45 mins ago. Still no students. I get paranoid. Is the door to the classroom locked?
I check it.
— Adam Heath Avitable (@avitable) January 19, 2017
6. At this point, conspiracy theories started surfacing
Is everyone else in the world dead? Was there a sudden zombie attack and I survived, alone in my classroom? #Classwatch2017
— Adam Heath Avitable (@avitable) January 19, 2017
7. Now Adam started to think that maybe no one is coming to the class
I swear to all that's holy, if no students have shown up by the time it hits the hour mark, I'm calling it a day. #Classwatch2017
— Adam Heath Avitable (@avitable) January 19, 2017
8. Desperation is visible here
A bird lands outside my window. I invite him in to learn about algebra. He declines and flies away. I hope a cat eats him. #Classwatch2017
— Adam Heath Avitable (@avitable) January 19, 2017
9. Adam also thought of some ‘logical’ explanations for the students not attending his class
I picture Rube Goldberg scenarios where all my students got into in one complex car accident and that's why they're late. #Classwatch2017
— Adam Heath Avitable (@avitable) January 19, 2017
10. Another ‘sort of’ paranoid conspiracy theory came along
I check my email to see if I missed something. I have no emails at all. This is weird. Did I die? Am I dead? Is this hell? #Classwatch2017
— Adam Heath Avitable (@avitable) January 19, 2017
11. How can anyone skip the class of a teacher who gives candies?
My sign-in sheet is as empty as my soul right now. I have to eat this candy alone. #Classwatch2017 pic.twitter.com/loUV8pX5Q5
— Adam Heath Avitable (@avitable) January 19, 2017
12. Then Adam had a striking idea
Maybe I should just start lecturing. Students will hear talking and come in. That woudn't be crazy, right? RIGHT?! #Classwatch2017
— Adam Heath Avitable (@avitable) January 19, 2017
13. Now this is what you call a stern warning
I SWEAR TO GOD IF SOMEONE IS PULLING A PRANK ON ME I WILL probably break down and cry. #Classwatch2017
— Adam Heath Avitable (@avitable) January 19, 2017
14. Adam was very close to the breaking point now
The lights just went off on me automatically. I start to get up to move around so they turn on again, but what's the point. #Classwatch2017
— Adam Heath Avitable (@avitable) January 19, 2017
15. Then a ray of hope appeared
I hear voices outside. I go to the window, hope in my heart. It's just some kids on their bikes, having fun. 1/2 #Classwatch2017
— Adam Heath Avitable (@avitable) January 19, 2017
16. And disappeared pretty soon too
"Why aren't you in school? Your teacher needs you!" I yell through the closed window and give them the finger. 2/2 #Classwatch2017
— Adam Heath Avitable (@avitable) January 19, 2017
17. With nothing to do to kill time, Adam started having some fun with the furniture
I have started to name the chairs in the classroom. Funfetti is the good student. Charmander, the troublemaker. #Classwatch2017
— Adam Heath Avitable (@avitable) January 19, 2017
18. Maybe they were in on this together
I fire off an email to my boss. "WHERE ARE ALL THE STUDENTS???!!?? 😪😪"
No reply.#Classwatch2017
— Adam Heath Avitable (@avitable) January 19, 2017
19. Another glimmer of hope came
Then it happens. I hear a door clang open. Footsteps get louder as someone approaches. Could it be? A student? 90 mins late? #Classwatch2017
— Adam Heath Avitable (@avitable) January 19, 2017
20. And went
It's not.#Classwatch2017
— Adam Heath Avitable (@avitable) January 19, 2017
21. Finally, Adam thought that it was time to call it a day
That's it. I give up. I'm packing up and going home. Clearly this is a sign that I wasn't meant to teach anyone today. #Classwatch2017
— Adam Heath Avitable (@avitable) January 19, 2017
22. Then, the unthinkable happened
Two students just walked in. Remorseless, no apology, no explanation. I hope they don't think they're getting any candy. #Classwatch2017
— Adam Heath Avitable (@avitable) January 19, 2017
23. Adam turned from good guy to a killing machine in  a single tweet
I can't do it. I give them candy anyway, but remind them that class started 95 minutes ago. They shrug. Urge to kill rises. #Classwatch2017
— Adam Heath Avitable (@avitable) January 19, 2017
24. And finally the story came to an end with a “meh, I don’t care” from Adam
Both students ask to use the computer today. I sigh and say okay. I don't even need to be here. End. #Classwatch2017 pic.twitter.com/FKEaTDaxuU
— Adam Heath Avitable (@avitable) January 19, 2017
Going by Adam’s sense of humour and the candies he gave to his students, if I was his student, I would have never skipped a class.
H/T: Boredpanda
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