Advice on Obnoxious student...

jnette, ASN, EMT-I · Sep 17, 2004

Yeh... stuff a sock in his mouth.

Sorry, Julie.. only time for a QUICK response today.. about to lose power thanx to Ivan... later ! .. maybe...

Jill1215 · Sep 17, 2004

my husband has a guy like this in his emt class. he had to go see the professor in his office one night before class and told him how distracted this guy was making him. that gave the professor a reason to talk to the guy. i know if it was bothering my husband that bad it iwas also bothering the prof! tell your professor that it is very hard to focus when he is so loud and chit chats during class. your professor can then talk to the man privately and he can stop doing it. as for his loud mouth in groups i do not think there is much you can do. if your complaint does no solve the trick, ask someone else to complain a week later. just remember do this is private and do not tell anybody what you have done. you do not want to embarrass the guy.

at any rate, that is what i would do.

purplemania, BSN, RN · Sep 17, 2004

I would recommend complaining to the Instructor also. If you confront the guy he may target you for his comments. This is someone who has to be seen and heard, no matter what. Move away from his seat if you can. As for the age comment, I would be tempted to point out that you are in class and seniority has nothing to do with anything. Everyone's opinion is important, not just his. On a positive side, his irritation may cause you to create pearls in how to co-exist with obnoxious people. Bet he has trouble in school and keeping a job.

RedSox33RN · Sep 17, 2004

How rude for everyone AND the instructor to have someone talking constantly, even in low tones, during lecture. We have more than 50 students in our lecture hall, and you can hear a pin drop when she's speaking. I hope you are able to speak to the instructor and voice your concerns. You're paying hard-earned money to be educated, and deserve to get everything out of it, and if this guy is getting in your way, than it's not fair to you, or anyone else.

Trauma Columnist · Sep 17, 2004

I guess I'm old-school but I have had this situation before and although I'm not very outspoken, I finally turned around to this student who was constantly interrupting everyone and told her to, "Shut up - I'm not paying to listen to your mouth, I'm paying to listen to the teacher!" Whew - I got applause for this one! But, it worked.

Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN · Sep 17, 2004

We have this "guy" in our class who makes his comments about anything and everything in class (an arrogant, egotistical, Mr Know-it-all)...such as when someones cell phone went off in class (they had it on vibrate, but you can still hear it sometimes) he loudly proclaims, "Ok everyone, I thought we were told to leave the adult toys at home!" which of course got a little giggle from some of the younger gals who thought it was cute. (I guess)
I have some difficulty understanding what is said due to his constant chatter throughout class (not to me, but to another gal who sits nearby). I can't have too much background noise, else I cannot hear clearly.
He "takes over" any group he is in, automatically makes himself the "spokesperson" and tells the others, "We'll do it this way, since I'm the oldest one here." (He's in his 40's I would imagine and I heard that from a member of his group last week.)
He is a decent student and does ask intelligent questions. But he just grates on EVERYONES nerves! And I just want him to be quiet!
I don't want to say anything yet to the instructors, simce school just started and I don't want to make an impression of being a trouble maker.
Any ideas folks?

Next time he decides to make himself group leader because he's older, tell him "physical age doesn't count when it comes to the correct way to do this skill".

And the next time you can't hear because he's running his mouth, loudly say "I'm sorry Mr./Ms. (teacher's name) i could not HEAR what you just said. Would you please repeat it for me?"

(I must have went to class with his sister)

Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN · Sep 17, 2004

I think what annoys me about people like that is how EVERYONE else is waiting for SOMEONE ELSE to speak up about the problem. Reminds me of the running in the sink commercial.

DZcarrie · Sep 18, 2004

I guess I'm old-school but I have had this situation before and although I'm not very outspoken, I finally turned around to this student who was constantly interrupting everyone and told her to, "Shut up - I'm not paying to listen to your mouth, I'm paying to listen to the teacher!" Whew - I got applause for this one! But, it worked.

BRAVO!!!! i wish i had you in my classes!

truern · Sep 18, 2004

And the next time you can't hear because he's running his mouth, loudly say "I'm sorry Mr./Ms. (teacher's name) i could not HEAR what you just said. Would you please repeat it for me?

This is exactly what we've done in our classroom....it gets your message across without seeming as rude as he is :rolleyes:

GDeppe · Sep 18, 2004

When I was in my first semester of LPN school - we had a guy like this. He actually grated on everyones nerves so much that classmates would just grunt out loud when he opened his mouth to speak. He failed and went into the next class and I heard that he disappeared during clinicals one day and the instructor found him perched up on the toilet in an empty hospital room taking a dump (HAHA) reading a magazine. She just burst right thru the door on him. I dont know exactly what happened after that !!! I though it was so funny !

Ginger in FL

Tony35NYC · Sep 18, 2004

Maybe its just the guy in me saying this, but I don't believe in taking the passive approach when it comes to dealing with people like that. I'd simply tell that diva to shut the h*ll up so I can hear what the instructor is saying. Why let that fool ruin your opportunity to learn? The b*tch needs to be shut down, and I don't think anyone would see you as a troublemaker if you speak up about this because others in the class are probably thinking the same thing. People like him are cowards who act that way only when they're among passive people who allow them to get away with it. Youv'e got to speak up, otherwise he will only continue doing what he's doing and you're the one who'll lose out when you miss important information given in the lectures.