Okay, everyone. I've about had it...especially with those freshmen who are straight out of high school. Not *all* freshmen, but the ones who have no respect for their professors.
Our professor in one particular class tends to fly by the seat of their pants, which can be interpretted as being unorganized. Furthermore, we are still at the beginning of the class, so the information being put out might be overly simplistic. Whatever the case may be, the professor is STILL TEACHING THE CLASS!!!
So! Whenever the professor would change direction and approach the topic from another angle, one particular student would put his head in is hands as though to say, "This professor is SO STUPID!" Not once did the student make eye contact with the professor during the class; rather, they were continuously online or texting. They did not take notes or give any inclination they were paying attention (aside from the head-in-hands gesture).
This. Drives. Me. Nuts.
We are NOT in class to goof off and/or not care. For crying out loud, the class is only 75 minutes long. Surely you can live without your buddies for that long. I'm just saying, people: give the class your best for the short while you're there--it's the least you could do to show respect for those teaching it.
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You have to remember Nick, that many of these freshman think that they know everything about everything and that authority figures don't really mean much in their eyes. Many of them are only there because that was the thing to do after high school. Their parents are paying for it and they only want the piece of paper, not the edu-ma-cation.
I don't disagree with you at all, just pointing out the obvious
This is very true. In fact, my wife and I were discussing this the other day and she asked me, "How do you think you would be if you went straight into college after high school?"
Honestly, I think I would have been *almost* like this student, but not *quite* as bad. There comes a time in life when we get that wake-up call. I guess it just bugs me when I see others who haven't had theirs, yet.
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