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<li>Nutra Grain bars are good and don't make noise.</li>
<li>A baggie of your favorite homemade trail mix - raisins, nuts, m and ms, goldfish crackers or cheerios?</li>
<li>If there is some kind of drinkable meal drink that you like, that would be good; try Ensure and SlimFast, something designed to be a meal replacement. Or chocolate milk is a delicious liquid meal replacement. A cold thermos of chocolate milk would be good.</li>
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<p>I'm in a large econ lecture with a bunch of upperclassmen. It's right next to the dining hall and it's around dinner time, so usually at least half the kids stop by before and get something to go, and eat it during class. In my chem lecture, the professor won't let you even have a water bottle out. So yeah, it varies.</p>
<p>I wouldn't take the fruit/veggie route, just because they're generally crunchy and make a lot of noise. If you've got a long day, you should get some protein and some carbs. So, a sandwich. A sandwich with coldcuts shouldn't have a very strong smell, if you lay off the sauce/dressing. If you don't want to have people looking at you because you're eating a sandwich in class, try packing two separate baggies of a piece of bread cut into small squares, so you can snack on those, and some sort of protein, turkey or something, also cut into small pieces. You can just pull out a few pieces when you want to. A protein shake, like someone else recommended, would also be good, or you can bring a water bottle and one of those mix-in packets of fruit-flavored protein powder.</p>
<p>Nothing that people can hear you squishing on. And no apples. OMG. Munch munch munch...;)</p>
<p>I absolutely hate it when people eat in class because it's so distracting, but if you must, please take things out of noisy wrappers in advance and put them in sandwich bags.</p>
<p>Also, a lot of people drink smoothies in class instead of eating, which is a lot more considerate to everyone around you, unless you're using a noisy straw or something. People almost never object to drinking in class, so I would suggest that as an alternative.</p>
<p>popcorn, definitely</p>
<p>Thanks for all the answer. You guys seriously crack me up with the description of those scenarios. Definitely no chips and apples got it.</p>
<p>i had to sit in class with someone who was literally eating a chicken parm hoagie, container of cut up apples and caramel, and a big of fritos. </p>
<p>the professor didn't seem to care for some reason, but all of the students thought it was extremely annoying.</p>
<p>Look around at what other people are getting away with and do that. One time about half of one of my classes went to a sub shop and got sandwiches before a lecture and we were eating them for the first half. The professor didn't care. Another professor got mad if we drank anything but water. ("Stay hydrated! But don't drink for fun!" in a funny asian voice)</p>
<p>Today, I had a kashi granola bar, banana and a bottle of vanilla soymilk in class. It filled me up for five hours. </p>
<p>Just a suggestion.</p>
<p>soymilk <strong>shudders</strong> lol ;)
How about soft tortillas? That way you don't have to deal with crunchiness OR dropping bits of crumbly bread.
For fruit, grapes are good. Apples are too crunchy and oranges are too messy, juicy, slurpy etc. Shakes are good if they fill you up.</p>
<p>How big is your block?? (how long are your classes)</p>
<p>I wouldn't eat in smaller classes (roughly 25 or under), unless you sit in the back and have seen others eaten in the class. Even then, do it discreetly. But if you are in a class with like 15 students and the professor makes it clear he wouldn't appreciate eating in class, then don't. Anyway, for classes where eating is appropriate, people will mostly bring cereal (in the cup thing you can buy at stores), granola bars, chips (usually like bugles or doritos), popcorn, etc. Class is usually for snacking while in between classes is for eating more nutritious food. It's totally fine to eat something more substantial ie. a piece of pizza or sandwich if you eat it before class and are finishing up by the time class starts.</p>
<p>String Cheese</p>