A sign the fall semester is near

Last night, instead of dreaming about my impending trip to Vegas for ASA, I dreamed that it was the first day of class and many of the students were talking amongst themselves instead of paying attention to the details of the syllabus.  When I informed them that they were being disrespectful and that if they wanted to talk to each other they could do so outside of the classroom, most of them left.  I guess that’s one way to reduce class sizes.