Pet Peeves

I have two very big pet peeves (and one small one) when it comes to classroom etiquette.

First, STOP TEXTING!!! Is it really that difficult to keep your phone away for two and a half hours? I mean really, your friends can wait,  plans can wait, and life will not leave you behind. Not only are you missing potentially valuable information from the professor, but you are distracting your fellow classmates, otherwise known as me.

Second, SHUT UP!!! Yes, I understand you want to catch up with your friend in class who you haven't seen in a week, but I am trying to listen to the professor, and I can't hear or focus if you are holding your own conversation right behind me. And if I can hear you from across the room, then we really have a problem. Once again, you are missing what the professor is saying and distracting others.

Third, and less of a pet peeve, is to keep off the internet, and especially gchat, when in class. I know the temptation is super strong, but really, if you are typing away when the professor isn't talking, then it is quite obvious what you are doing. Same if the opposite is true. And really, did you forget the reflection of your screen can be seen in the window?

Also, these are just rude and disrespectful to do in class. You may think the professor doesn't notice, but I guarantee he does. You are thumbing your nose at him and basically saying your life is more important than what he has to say. That me be the case, bt you signed up for the class, now pay attention and take it. Your wasting your time and money if you can't pay attention for those two and a half hours every week, but you are also wasting that of other students.