[airchild17]

Actually, I attend a community college in CT and while there are some interruptions, people do occasionally just need to use the bathroom or inform the professor that they have a sick kid at home and need to leave cell on vibrate, overall I find that the community college students are more likely to be older returning student who really want to be there or younger people paying their own way through school and honestly taking it much more seriously than I did when I was young and went to a university on my parent's dime. The few who are testing sit in the back of the room and since texting is silent it really doesn't bother anyone.

[indymom4]

I don't understand why people text or talk through a lecture. Why even bother going, ya know? I had to keep my phone on vibrate last semester when my son was sick and had to have surgery. If it rang though, I would take it out in the hall. I've actually seen people answer their phone right in the middle of lecture and carry on a conversation in the classroom. Baffling.

[airchild17]

I absolutely agree that talking on the cell while in lecture is absolutely inexcusable! I have not actually seen that in my classes, including pre-req. Texting silently I don't understand unless it is r/t work, sick child, etc and brief, but at least it doesn't need to affect anyone else. I'm just saying I'm surprised that you have so many inconsiderate students in the community college because my experience has been the opposite in which I see much less immature/inconsiderate behavior at the community college than at the university I went to way back when. But then again I hear that before the nursing program started this school was mostly utilized by employees of Pfizer, EB, and other local companies trying to expand their job marketability now add in the nursing and pre-nursing students (there is stiff competition for the program here because of lower tuition and high NCLEX pass rates) so the majority of students are really motivated and those who aren't get "shooshed" by the other students.

[indymom4]

I think this is part of the reasons Nursing schools do so much cleaning house and weeding out. You can tell pretty quickly who is serious about getting into this profession and who is just there because it's somewhere to be.

[futurecnm]

This is not typical of all community colleges. I just finished nursing school through a CC and there were a few rude people here and there but overall it was good. It depends on the teacher and the expectations. I think those students are walking all over the teacher. They would never get by with that with any of the instructors I have had and especially nursing instructors!

[mir_mom]

I go to a community college and I get financial aid and so do a lot of people. I still study hard for my classes no matter what because I have worked before and paid taxs. Teachers just have to be strict if things are going on that interupt the class. We had problems first semester nursing when people came in late and teacher said they would get a tardy and then didnt give them one. This second semester they were stricter and people came on time.

[calliesue]

I took math class last semester and was amazed at how rude people are, talking out loud during lecture. I sat in the front row and had a hard time grasping content cause of these kids in back row. I stayed out of class for a couple weeks cause the teacher was oblivious and wouldn't control the class. I got as much by studying on my own as I did from class. Went to the dept head after no change in behavior and the teacher outed me in class about complaining.

[natania]

I think the problem is with the instructors. None of mine (thankfully) have been willing to tolerate such bad behavior.

[HeartsOpenWide]

I have heard of teachers that lock the door when class starts, if you late...too bad, if you leave on a non-break, your not coming back in...maybe this is something you can suggest to your teacher. We never had this problem at my JC, getting into Anatomy, physio, and micro was almost as competitive as getting into the nursing program, dates to sign up for classes go according to number of units and the class fills within the second day of registration and 95% if the class is nursing students, the rest being other health majors...kinestesiology, nutrition, pharm transfers ect.

I had a teacher that gave 2 chances for if your cell phone rang, after the second she kicked out of class..not just for the day but for good.....

[calliesue]

Just want to say I have no problem with paying taxes so people can get an education and break the cycle of poverty. It seems to me that rudeness and govt assistance are unrelated.
I have been on both sides of this issue and people do look down on and judge people who are getting a "free ride" .
Which to me, makes it not so free.
From my point of view it is very humbling and sometimes humiliating to have to ask for help.
I am glad not to need help now; but I am also glad it was available to me when my ex husband left me and our three children.