Shut Up You!
Maybe it's because it is my last semester at SLCC and I just don't have time for this anymore.
Maybe I'm just becoming cranky in my old age.
Or maybe it's because I feel that people should learn to show common courtesy.
Whatever it is, I'm getting really tired of people in my classes who think the class is all about them. You know the type. They sit in class and can't stop talking. They have a comment for everything the teacher says. Usually having to do with themselves, "I didn't know that." "Oh, I got that one wrong." "Why would someone do that? I would never do that." To these people I say, NO ONE CARES! Not the teacher, not the other students, nobody. So why don't you just keep your mouth shut? The other day, I think one of my teachers had had enough too because after the first five or six comments of the day from this person the teacher turned and looked at them and said, "This is my time. I'll be doing the talking and if I want comments and feedback I'll ask for it." Wahoo!!! Teacher, you are AWESOME! The student shut right up and didn't talk the rest of the period. Well, I still heard them mumbling under their breath. They probably still couldn't stop commenting but at least the rest of us didn't have to hear it.
On another note, I think my office is cursed or something. We're all a pretty healthy bunch but lately employees have been dropping like flies. One guy had to have back surgery and was out for awhile, another had a freak motorcycle accident and was in ICU for weeks, 2 employees and the wife of one employee has been diagnosed with cancer, and just this week one guy had a stroke! He's not even 50! So, I'm wondering if I should start looking for a new job before this hex spreads to the rest of us...
Maybe I'm just becoming cranky in my old age.
Or maybe it's because I feel that people should learn to show common courtesy.
Whatever it is, I'm getting really tired of people in my classes who think the class is all about them. You know the type. They sit in class and can't stop talking. They have a comment for everything the teacher says. Usually having to do with themselves, "I didn't know that." "Oh, I got that one wrong." "Why would someone do that? I would never do that." To these people I say, NO ONE CARES! Not the teacher, not the other students, nobody. So why don't you just keep your mouth shut? The other day, I think one of my teachers had had enough too because after the first five or six comments of the day from this person the teacher turned and looked at them and said, "This is my time. I'll be doing the talking and if I want comments and feedback I'll ask for it." Wahoo!!! Teacher, you are AWESOME! The student shut right up and didn't talk the rest of the period. Well, I still heard them mumbling under their breath. They probably still couldn't stop commenting but at least the rest of us didn't have to hear it.
On another note, I think my office is cursed or something. We're all a pretty healthy bunch but lately employees have been dropping like flies. One guy had to have back surgery and was out for awhile, another had a freak motorcycle accident and was in ICU for weeks, 2 employees and the wife of one employee has been diagnosed with cancer, and just this week one guy had a stroke! He's not even 50! So, I'm wondering if I should start looking for a new job before this hex spreads to the rest of us...
posted by Heidi @ 1:26 PM
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