Vent: Irritating classmates

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I've had to put up with the same obnoxious people for 2 quarters now. I swear, they're following me! :chuckle

In my A&P class there are 3 gals who get on absolutely everyone's nerves. They're always immaculately groomed - which is fine...I'd rather see people "together" than "disheveled", but we're talking not a hair out of place, dressed to the nines, nails perfectly manicured & polished. Most of us in the class (it's an evening class) work all day & come straight from the job...some are in scrubs, most others in jeans & sweatshirts or sweaters. We're tired, old & grouchy! :chuckle Then we see these gals sitting there in class, flirting with the instructor & every one of us would like to have words with them. Yesterday one of them gave the instructor some hard candy "for his breath" after class & they all asked him to come to the bio lab after he was done teaching his lab so that he could "help them".

They're in my lab class too & demand attention from him constantly. They're always flirting, making suggestive comments, etc. One day in class he was explaining a system & afterward they demanded "private instruction" (their exact words). They hadnt' been paying attention in the first place.

One of them has really irritated everyone in that she is the LAST PERSON DONE with the lecture exams. On exam day, we take the test, turn it in & leave, usually before the end of the class. She takes the test the entire class time & usually has to take it into our instructor's next class in order to finish it. Now, if she has a learning disability (I don't think she does, usually they have you take exams in the testing center) fine...but this is just nuts.

They stay after everyone else leaves in lab...chatting away with the instructor.

It's just sooo.....ANNOYING! :angryfire

I'd say they're all in their late 20's. They shouldn't be trolling for married instructors or flirting to get better grades. The rest of us work hard for our grades & don't appreciate them trying other methods to improve their gpa. It makes us all sick.

Unfortunately there's nothing we can really do about it. Obviously the instructor doesn't have a problem with it. He buys right into it. They did the same thing last quarter with that instructor too...the only thing being that he didn't buy into it as much. He gave us an hour to complete our tests...that one gal...she never was finished in time, so we would all have to wait on her so that we could go through the tests (he didn't let us leave after we were done).

I guess I'm not looking for anything by posting this...just getting it off of my chest. Only a week and a half left. I sure hope none of these gals are in any of my other classes. :rolleyes:

Bill Clinton:Teacher => Monica Lewisky:Student ...Got it?

I can not believe I didn't get that!! :imbar Umm.. thanks(?) Hobbes.

*sigh* I AM getting old... :rolleyes:

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GOOD GRIEF!!!!!!! That kind of crap drives me crazy.

What also drives me crazy is the common assumption that if you are a female and find the fru-fru, flirty, "high maintenance" types irritating, then you must be jealous.

Not all of us want to be seen as the helpless, female sex-pot. Hate to be the bearer of bad news. I think these types make us look bad by fueling negative female stereotypes......especially those who are nurses and are fueling the "nurse as sex-kitten " image. Try acting like a professional nurse.

Is it something that I lose sleep over? No...but I agree that it IS is irritating.

I do not think high maintenance people or some gal that looks like someone from a cover of a cosmopolitian magazine is fueling any type of negative female sterotypes. Females have their own character and personalities.

Anyway, if you are good looking, then that will make your life easier. Also, good looking people are percieved to be smarter. That is based on accurate psy. analyst. If you are a good looking nurse, people will tend to look up to you.

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Specializes in ED, Cardiac Medicine, Retail Health.

Yes one may be judged superior based on their looks, but their actions, or lack there of, can/will betray them if their looks are all they have.

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Yes one may be judged superior based on their looks, but their actions, or lack there of, can/will betray them if their looks are all they have.
Just to note, I got an AS degree in Pharmacy Technology in June 2003. Out of the 28 people who were in my class, four females got a 4.0 grade point avearge. The two who got a 4.0 was the best looking females in class and they had the best personaility. I catorgrized them as "high maintanence." The females that were more plain and the ones that were not that stylish could not compete with them academically.
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I do not think high maintenance people or some gal that looks like someone from a cover of a cosmopolitian magazine is fueling any type of negative female sterotypes. Females have their own character and personalities.

Anyway, if you are good looking, then that will make your life easier. Also, good looking people are percieved to be smarter. That is based on accurate psy. analyst. If you are a good looking nurse, people will tend to look up to you.

Although I agree in general that attractive people tend to get by a lot easier than the rest of us I draw the line at assuming they are smarter. To the contrary, I believe the popular notion esp. with regards to attractive women that have achieved, is that their intelligence is discounted and the tacit assumption is that they got where they are at least partially based on their looks. I'd like to see the so called psychological analysis that concludes beauty/attractiveness implies intelligence.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho.

PHHHHTTTT!!!! These gals wont make it into the medical field. Flirting with instructors/bosses/whatever is their goal,, and that is it. Go on with your classes,, use them for the entertainment, figure they will probly get the grade they "deserve" but it wont do them a bit of good in the long run anyway. They probly go straight to the bars after class(hence the playing dressup) and thats probly where they will be found in 10 years.

If there is a learning disturbance with them in class then it is up to you to discuss it with the instructor(whom probly doesnt enjoy their disruptions either), and if you get nowhere then take it to the department head. Like someone else said,, its your buck!

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Just try to hang in their people will do what they do no matter what. Just try to keep your focus on something else maybe when there getting on your nerves. Hope it gets better for you.

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Specializes in ER.
I do not think high maintenance people or some gal that looks like someone from a cover of a cosmopolitian magazine is fueling any type of negative female sterotypes. Females have their own character and personalities.

Anyway, if you are good looking, then that will make your life easier. Also, good looking people are percieved to be smarter. That is based on accurate psy. analyst. If you are a good looking nurse, people will tend to look up to you.

I am referring to behavior, not a person's physical attractiveness. My post was in response to another post mentioning a student who did not want to enter an attractive clients room until she got her lip gloss on! THAT type of ridiculous behavior is what fuels the negative stereotype.

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Specializes in 5 yrs OR, ASU Pre-Op 2 yr. ER.
Anyway, if you are good looking, then that will make your life easier.

Ah did not know this. Being uglier than homemade sin must have kept me out of the easy loop lol. :rotfl:

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Although I agree in general that attractive people tend to get by a lot easier than the rest of us I draw the line at assuming they are smarter. To the contrary, I believe the popular notion esp. with regards to attractive women that have achieved, is that their intelligence is discounted and the tacit assumption is that they got where they are at least partially based on their looks. I'd like to see the so called psychological analysis that concludes beauty/attractiveness implies intelligence.

Here is website from a university. It is talking and showing that beatiful people are precieved better. It has pictures:

http://www.uni-regensburg.de/Fakultaeten/phil_Fak_II/Psychologie/Psy_II/beautycheck/english/sozialewahrnehmung/sozialewahrnehmung.htm

Anyway, the notion that beautiful people are just better, that conception is thorough out are society. Would you like an ugly person caring for you?

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Specializes in ER.
Would you like an ugly person caring for you?

:rotfl:

Are you serious???????? You can't be serious.

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Are you serious???????? You can't be serious.

Okay, I know I should have not said that. That was uncalled for. But you know, plain or ugly people can be attractive. It depends on their personality and how they view and do things. No one would like an ugly and bitter person with them and that includes what goes on outside of the working world.
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