I found the best way to get away with not participating in a class that I don’t like. I’m taking non-Western lit, because I have to, and I hate it. I always zone out in class, and I rarely do the reading, so I never have anything to say. So now, whenever I go in for my weekly conference (we have to meet with the professor weekly about papers and stuff) I act all shy and nervous and don’t make eye contact, and alter my voice to it sounds all breathy and shaky. Now he thinks I’m all shy, so I get away with not participating and I have an A as my midterm grade.