Monologue

College has me always thinking about what to do with my time.  My time is incredibly valuable, because I waste so much of it.  Is paying attention in this lecture the best thing I can do sitting here?  Should I be doing math homework and worry about politics later?  What about my independent studies?  The markets are open now so surely that’s what I should be looking at.  This class is actually pretty entertaining so paying attention isn’t the worst thing to do.  I look around at my peers.  About half of them are paying attention, making eye contact with the professor and taking notes.  The rest are distracting themselves with laptops and phones.  They have taken sides, adamantly playing for their team.  I can’t decide which I belong to.  I hope I don’t get banned from the league.