THANK GOODNESS I AM GOOD

I recently read the blog of my niece and pondered the results of her conversation with my princess (great niece) concerning her yellow flag for talking in class. Now of course I don't disagree that it is a worthy lesson the teacher was trying to impress on Hailey, after all we occasionally have had to rein her in (gee I made a pun Raine/rein) when she is constantly interrupting while others are talking. I think this is a "growing up thing" since she is not the only one at that age and even older when seeking attention over others. But to get back to my story, I was about to say that I experienced the same issue recently.
I was sitting in class Monday minding my own business and truly focusing on the instructor when my classmate started talking to me. I was caught in a predictament do I continue focusing on the instructor and be rude to my classmate or take the time to acknowledge and interact with my classmate? After all I try and understand the need for attention.
Evaluating talk or not talk - show love and interest or good student attributes I decided to acknowledge my classmate.
BAM!! right between the eyes the instructor narrowed her comment to me requesting me not to talk while she was explaining something. DID YOU GET IT....? ME not to talk! Why I always get caught and placed in these embarrasing situations I don't know but I truly believe part of it is because my classmate IS A GIRL and girls always get away with everything.
And things never change (reminiscing back to my grade school days) because my classmate instantly put on that innocent "what were you thinking of?" look, ignored me like the plague after that.
Next time I am going to sit next to Jim cause guys don't do this to each other.