Am in my third week of nursing school, my pharmacology teacher is from Asia, very soft-spoken and seems a little intimidated by the 90 students she has to teach. This is the 3rd week of this class and students are always talking over her and carrying on their own discussions / lectures. Today i got so mad with one girl who sat infront of me and keep explaining some med-math to the girl sitting behind me, which drowned out the teacher's voice. I eventually snapped at her that i cound not hear one word being said after politely waiting on her for some 10 - 15 minutes to be quiet.
How has everyone else dealt with this situation, I don't want to create issues but every week is the same behavior.
Maybe the teacher could get a portable microphone. I bet the nursing school dept has access to one. That's a lot of students to talk over.
We had a student in our class who would loudly shush people who were talking and when things got a bit loud would tell everyone to be quiet (standing up if she needed to) so we could hear the teacher. It got to be kind of a joke, but she was there to learn and believe me, most of her fellow classmates really appreciated her willingness to speak. Besides isn't advocating for people kind of our thing .
Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.
The problem here is your pharmacology teacher. Part of her responsibility is to keep order in her class and it sounds like she is not doing that.
You need to let this teacher know what is going on. That students are being disruptive during the lectures so you can't hear. Would she please do something about it.
If she doesn't, then go to her boss, the dean, and tell her what is going on. The dean needs to know
The problem here is your pharmacology teacher. Part of her responsibility is to keep order in her class and it sounds like she is not doing that.
You need to let this teacher know what is going on. That students are being disruptive during the lectures so you can't hear. Would she please do something about it.
If she doesn't, then go to her boss, the dean, and tell her what is going on. The dean needs to know
I noticed many people suggesting to sit in the front by the teacher. Well, we have assigned seats and cannot move. In all classes until nursing school, I sat in the front row to avoid distraction but now I am stuck closer to the back. The students who cannot shut their trap are annoying and with such a big class, sometimes the teacher doesn't notice. I am there to learn and want to hear what is being said but many times I miss it because of the side discussions taking place. I also have a cougher (who is also a smoker) who sits directly behind me. She is on her third week of coughing and it is very annoying!
I can understand your frustration! I was sitting near a group of guys who "thought" they were whispering, but you know how males make that annoying buzzing noise....
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I've never buzzed in my life...
One of the hospital floors that I have worked used a desk bell when things got loud at the desk and anyone was allowed to ring it...usually shocked everyone to silence.
The problem here is your pharmacology teacher. Part of her responsibility is to keep order in her class and it sounds like she is not doing that.
You need to let this teacher know what is going on. That students are being disruptive during the lectures so you can't hear. Would she please do something about it.
If she doesn't, then go to her boss, the dean, and tell her what is going on. The dean needs to know
Sit in the front of the class.
The majority of our class ended up doing this last year for the group of chatters that sat at the back. Turns out that about 15 of us were being annoyed, while the instructors couldn't hear them at the front of the room. Our school does something like team-teach, so each of the instructors was given a head's up, including the head of the department. They started keeping an eye on it after that and for some reason, this semester they've as quiet as church mice.
On the other hand, I think queenjean has a hilarious response and one that while perhaps needing toned down for most classrooms, gave me quite the giggle. Unfortunately, as Daytonite points out, this is an instructor issue and it's a shame when the students who are paying big bucks for an education have to remind them of such.
Just a thought, I had a soft spoken teacher and asked if she could remedy this issue. She responded by getting a microphone and used it for the remainder of the semester. And it helped.
I haven't had this problem in my nursing program, but I did encounter it in some of my pre regs. You are an adult and are responsible for your own education therefor you must do what you have to do in order to benifit from being in class. I would suggest sitting front, and center so you can hear despite talking. If that doesn't work, or you can't then either go to the teacher after class, and explain the problem to her so she can get you a front, and center seat, or if you have to stand up and address the class. If all else fails go to the dean, and tell him your problem. You cannot be expected to learn if you cannot hear.
Wow this is an old thread but I'm going to still respond....I feel your pain with disruptive students...there is ONE in my class that is a trained EMT and thinks she knows EVERYTHING. She tells the teacher she's wrong, tells us we are wrong and talks over everyone!!! BUT we had finals this week and she didn't pass our Fundamentals class...I hate it for her but I guess she didn't know as much as she thought she did.
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Maybe the teacher could get a portable microphone. I bet the nursing school dept has access to one. That's a lot of students to talk over.
We had a student in our class who would loudly shush people who were talking and when things got a bit loud would tell everyone to be quiet (standing up if she needed to) so we could hear the teacher. It got to be kind of a joke, but she was there to learn and believe me, most of her fellow classmates really appreciated her willingness to speak. Besides isn't advocating for people kind of our thing
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