I remember my sophomore year in Biology there was this dipshit who would sit in the 1st or second row of a 400 person lecture hall and play solitaire the whole time. Since it was stadium style seating, there was nowhere in the hall that you didn't have a clear view of his solitaire game. At least sit in the back of the class man!

Being slightly more assertive now, I would probably go up to him right after class starts and say something to the effect of "Excuse me, if you're just going to play solitaire the whole time, would you mind moving to the back of the class? It's very distracting for those of us trying to pay attention."

 

You can do it Word too. But it's a lot easier to write it than reproduce it on computer.

 

I had a professor who actually had a Wi-Fi disabler that he would bring to lecture. It disabled Wi-Fi connection in the entire room.








No, I didn't

 

bleeeh. so should i be bringing a lappy to teh university?

 

I was a laptop bringer. I type way faster than I write and it allows me to keep the information from the class more organized. First laptop I had was a big 7-pound clunker that really sucked to carry around with a bunch of other books and whatnot and had horrible battery life. Then I got a nice super light 4-pound one that had awesome battery life, which made a huge improvement. I usually only brought it to big lectures where there's a whole lot of pre-arranged information being spat out by the prof that I need to remember. I tend to just remember stuff if I've typed it. For smaller discussionsn I did the notebook deal because it's kind of obnoxious to be sitting there with a laptop, and because a discussion between 10-15 people can go all over the place. Better to just scribble notes all over the paper and organize it later.

I say, any class that the prof is doin a whole lot of lecturing, and requires a whole lot of remembering what the professor is lecturing about, laptops are super helpful to the people who actually use em for what they're supposed to be for. Hell, by the time I got done with my first laptop several of the letters were completely worn off the keys I did so much typin on it, and my newer one some of the letters are partially gone. If people do stupid shit like play solitaire or go online, well that's their own fault, but don't take em away from the students who actually benefit from having em.

 

i dont know how college is, but for elementry, middle, and high schools, schools get more money when kids get better grades and higher enrollment. but teachers still get the same. teachers just get increase in pay every year they are with the same school district.

 

why dont they just block the internet and still allow students to use their laptop.
filter certain sites. Thats what technology is here for

 

i wonder if she's hot...

 

It's hit or miss with law students h:

 

It's really distracting to listen to some idiot type while taking notes. I don't know how you type out organic chem notes anyway...but somebody does it!