Folkiedave: "I once dreamt I was teaching and when I woke up I was"

hehehe...that happened to me once too. I had a very nice student, but he really was struggling and he was one of those guys who'd ask 'why?' 'but why?' and 'why again?' as he really wanted to understand every last detail of the thing being taught. It could get a bit exhausting at times and one day I was trying to explain, as he came on with a fresh question in the middle of it. It was all too much for my poor tired brain. It was one of those days when you literally have to clench your jaw repeatedly to fight off waves of sleep. I felt my eyes droop closed despite my best efforts, my head dropped forward slightly and that was that. I dozed off mid-sentence, but only for two or maybe three seconds. I awoke with a start to the sound of my own voice saying some nonsense sentence! I had been dreaming out loud, teaching on autopilot.

I immediately glanced at my student whose eyes were wide in alarm, staring at me. But at least I think he got the hint and eased off for the rest of the day.