A Lighter Shade of Brown

Brown nosers. Good grief. I have run across sooooooo many in my days. Good grief. I'm all for making any way that you can to be the best you can be, but... some folks cross the line. I remember in an O Chem class, there was this one dude that would ask like a billion and one questions during lecture, be the first in line to ask the teach something during break, and hogging all the time in office hours. Mannnnn! The ultimate was this, on the last day of class when we applauded the teach... typically everyone does, unless there was some drama during the semester and folks are like "kiss my entire ass" instead. But I digress. Question man stands up, clapping the loudest, turning around and saying "C'mon guys, stand up! Stand up!" (Hurling my ionic bonds!!!)Mind you this was like a 700+ class, and this fool is standing in the front row trying to get folks to follow in tow. Gah! I think two of his buddies next to him joined in this ovation, but other folks including myself were like "dayum, sit yo ass down!" This was peppered amongst the various moans and groans. Even the teach had a bit of an uneasy expression on her face. A cross between "please sit down and don't continue to embarrass yourself or me" and "this fool doesn't have a clue." Funny stuff. Since then, I have encountered various folks trying to do whatever it takes to push for that A+, whether it means asking the most questions, blitzing the teach with e-mails, etc. I dunno, maybe it pays off for folks. Who knows, O Chem guy may be some big wig at a biotech, making googobs of money, all because he crossed the "brown noser" line in that class. Ahhhhh, the choices we must make.