Question of the Day

[onefixedstar]

Why do students bother coming to class if they aren't going to listen?

It's not as if we're taking attendance. This class has over 1500 students in it--we don't notice if someone's not there. More importantly, we don't particularly care if someone's not there (at least until they start asking us questions during office hours that they would know the answers to if they'd bothered to show up to class). If you're not going to listen, don't come. And if you do come and a TA tells you to keep the noise down, then keep the noise down. Do not come back with a smartass comment about how you pay tuition and that entitles you to do whatever you want. Newsflash: everyone around you also paid tuition, including the people who asked you several times to shut up because they actually wanted to hear the lecture they paid for. Be considerate. Shut up or get out.

Comments

[a-just-society.livejournal.com]

Ah... class in Convocation Hall. I remember it well - although for me it was Psych 100. Nothing like a lecture in a ginormous amphitheatre. I didn't have anything else that was as big in my days there, although a couple of my other first- and second-year courses were in the 200-300 range.

[steninja.livejournal.com]

Mine was in the theatre, psych 101 with 500-600 (depending on who woke up in time to go).

We have no convocation hall. We just use the gym. :(