Comments | elfie_chan: Classroom Oddness

elfie_chan

Classroom Oddness

Nov 20, 2006 09:30

Okay. So my morning class professor gave us all a lecture today on how she has received e-mails complaining about people with laptops surfing the 'net in class instead of taking notes, and how this is distracting. She even threatened to go around the classroom and check on us to make sure that we were taking notes ( Read more... )

school, grad school, driving

Comments 5

katiefoolery November 20 2006, 20:24:09 UTC

Good luck for your interview tomorrow - I hope it goes well. I'm sure it will. :D

And bah at people who are potentially too afraid of you to discuss things maturely with you.

naelany November 21 2006, 02:27:39 UTC

*blinks* That does seem a bit...juvenile. *hugs*

Good luck with the driving lessons!
Oh, and with the interview tomorrow!!

netlady November 22 2006, 23:21:18 UTC

1. If a person in class has a problem with me or what I am doing or
finds my computer distracting, he or she should approach me first.

I feel the same way, and I try very hard to practice this. I'm also constantly reminding coworkers of that. There's one lady who tells me often "I think I should report her. Should I?" And my response is usually the same thing ech time: "Well, I'd recommend talking to her first. If you can solve the situation one-on-one, and if she's up to behaving as an adult, then that would be sifficient."

I really can't stand the entire excuse she spits back about "Oh but I don't feel comfortable talking to her about it." Just, ugh! If she's not comfortable with talking to her about something she feels so passionate about that she feels the need to bring in a supervisor, then she's probably just making mountains out of molehills. And most of the time, she is.

It feels as if more and more people expect others to be their nannys, no matter how old they are.

netlady November 22 2006, 23:22:13 UTC

Good lord, look at those spelling errors! Please, forgive this lowly grub for tainting your beautiful journal. *bows humbly*

elfie_chan November 23 2006, 00:44:01 UTC

Hee hee...don't worry about it. I turn off my Inner Editor when I read my LJ, as long as I can understand what people are saying!

I agree with you. "I don't feel comfortable" is not an excuse! If you have a problem that's big enough to go to a supervisor about, then it's big enough for you to get over yourself and talk to someone directly. I think I need to have buttons made that say, "Remember, you're a grownup."