Why is it that people think it is acceptable to talk while a professor is giving a lecture?

In my 8 a.m. class, people all around me are talking, laughing, or coming to class late while our teacher is trying to give a lecture.

Do people not understand that they are being blatantly rude?

Our teachers work hard to present us with information that will be valuable to us for exams or just in life.

When did you learn that it was okay to talk while someone else was talking? Never.

Our parents always taught me to always be respectful to my elders and to my teachers.

There are a group of high school students in my class who are always chatting about nonsense stuff while my teacher is giving a lecture. Where I went to high school, this kind of behavior would have never been tolerated.

Just to let all you high school kids know, when you are in college, teachers will call you out on everything, so just get prepared to be embarrassed if you continue to act the way you are now.

One of the other pet peeves I have that I think is so rude is when students walk into class 15 minutes late.

The rest of the class was able to get to class on time, why can’t you?

You are not only distracting the class, but you interrupt the teacher’s lecture, which is important to us all because what we learn in class in on our exams.

I understand that situations come up where you might be late for class, but when it is an everyday occurrence, you might want to try getting up earlier or leaving a few minutes ahead of time so you can get to class on time.

I have been in classes where the teacher knew someone’s name not because they contributed to the class discussion but because they were always late to the class.

Just yesterday in my class we had a student, right after we had a 10 minute break, get up and leave the class not five minutes after my teacher started his lecture again.

My teacher rightfully called out the student, who then slammed the door and never returned to class.

Why do people think that they can be rude to professors?

They are here trying to teach us, and some people think that they can be disrespectful just because they feel like it.

I’m sorry, but I don’t see the logic in being rude to people who are helping you learn.

Next time you feel like you have to right to be disrespectful to a teacher, try to see the situation from their perspective.

Our teachers do their best to come to class prepared to teach a lesson that in interesting and insightful.

So why is it that so many people come to class thinking they have nothing to learn from the class?

I feel this is where a lot of the disrespect comes from.

When you think you know it all, or you don’t feel like you are learning anything, how about you just drop the course instead of being a distraction to the rest of the class?