One who sits in class oblivious to his or her surroundings, perhaps those that are occurring outside a window.
Megan sat in her desk staring blankly at her test without noticing the illicit cheating that was going on around her as well as the screaming going on in the hallway, like a nerdroid.
A Shackteau is a humble, weather-beaten, structurally questionable shelter located in a spectacular or highly coveted place—Wales, Jackson Hole, Sun Valley, Crested Butte, coastal Maine, the Alps—where the building itself may be worth almost nothing, but the dirt, view, access, and mythology make it absurdly valuable.
In use:
Shackteâu - We thought it was an abandoned shed until the realtor called it a rare alpine Shackteâu with unobstructed views and listed it for $2million.