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Boring Professors Lose to WiFi

When I was in college, I listened to the professors to whom i wanted to listen, and ignored those which I wanted to ignore, keeping half an ear on them for things that may be on a test. I taught myself Calculus 3 because the professor was such an entire bore I considered att class at all to be a waste of time, and simply showed up often enough that the prof didn't utterly despise me.

This article from the New York Times talks about professors competing with WiFi students (or rather, students with computers and access to a WiFi network). I don't rememeber how many emails I sent or how many AIM conversations I had during my classes the last two years i was at school, but the numbers were fairly high. Just one hint to students: make sure your computer is muted…