<p>“WHOLE classroom of eyes fall on you”–you’ve done a great job in dramatizing because from my experience, reminding professors names of formula or books… (in this case the name of the novel) is nothing unusual at Northwestern. It happens ALL THE TIME. Maybe AT THAT MOMENT, some students knew the name and just happened to think it’s not THAT important whether people knew it or not. After all, if the name was so important, the professor wouldn’t bring it up as she already knew she forgot about it. Are you sure people didn’t “stare at” you because they thought you had your nose up in the air? Maybe they were a little surprised by a non-student contributing to the class? Never judge a school based on one class or one professor, let alone a “trivial” event like that which lasted for no more than 2 seconds.</p>