At HBS all courses are taught in tiered classrooms with U-shaped desks. A first-year class has five rows of these, which take on their own names in HBS slang. At the very top is the skydeck, whose vantage point allows the students seated in it to observe the entire class. Their observations culminate in a weekly skydeck awards presentation, in which members of the section are singled out for good-natured (so far) ribbing over various gaffes or comments made in the preceding week. Anything a student does, in class or not, is skydeck fodder.
First row comprises the worm deck, which is smaller than all the other rows and whose members may find themselves disproportionately singled out for the professor's attentions.
The middle row is the power deck, which most closely aligns with the natural line of sight of the professor.
Rows two and four have no commonly-known name, although they are supposedly referred to as the garden deck and the warning track, respectively. For the past five weeks and until the seat reshuffle at the beginning of the next semester, this latter row is my home.
1 comment:
common sense and basic logistics remain same weather in harvard or an engineering college( in my case )....just the refinement of language n build up of sarcastic humour...n yes i too belong to the famed back bench n see where i am heading n we call it the street smarts in our slang
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