Always sit in the front row
My daughter has loved roller coasters since she was a tiny kid in nursery! One of the things she loves to do is to sit in the front row - so when we stand in line for rides, it usually means we wait a little longer in order to sit in front, and get a bird's eye view of the terrifying drops that lie ahead... While standing in line (yet again) this past December holidays, we happened to ask her to share her views with my son, who is 2 years younger, on how to approach his new class as he heads into Sec 3. So she thought about it for a few seconds and concluded, "always sit in the front row!". Sitting in the front row can be frightening - sitting in the front row of a roller coaster creates the greatest sense of trepidation... but I also remember avoiding the front row of the lecture theatre like the plague, and trying to figure out which seat was out of the lecturer's field of vision, so I wouldn't get picked on for questions :D But, having been com