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Grrrrrrrr!!!! You are the student that makes me ban computers. It's very rude to play online while the professor is teaching. Please be respectful of their work. It takes a lot of time and energy and effort to prepare and present a lecture. If you don't want to hear it and learn from it, just stay home. Playing online is very distracting to the other students as well.
Okay, rant over. I now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.
Hmmm..... well thanks for the rude comment.
Class hadnt started, my professor wasnt even there at the time. Think before speaking. Dont assume you know the whole story until you ask.
OEGBMan, I am not going to start a fight with you. Suffice it to say that I did think before posting and was working off your statement that you were in class at the time. That statement indicates that you were actually in class, meaning that class had started. I have had enough students play online in class to be really irritated by such behavior. Truthfully, your generation has a sweeping tendency to be rude and self-centered (admittedly a generalization on my part). I apologize if you are not in that group, but I'm afraid your peers have created an image that you will unfortunately have to work against.
(And before you paint me as an old and bitter, I should point out that I am relatively new to teaching. I came in with a very Polyanna attitude that my students would all want to learn and would all behave as adults. What I have discovered is that many are still wanting to be spoon fed and that many will not take responsibility for their education. Texting, cell phone use and online play during class are all indicitive of this juvenile attitude. My best students all have a personal work ethic that prevents such behavior and ensures that they get the most out of the classes that they are taking. Let's face it- tuition is so insanely high these days that it's foolish to waste even a second of class time. I try very hard to not waste my students' time or money. I expect the same respect from them.)
Again, my apologies if you are in the mature, hard-working group. I wish you only the best in your academic career.
