She is shockingly rude, insensitive, and generally disrespectful. I don't mind it as much to the rest of the class, but she is disgusting to placements and patients. Here's a truncated list:
1) We have an opportunity to attend AA to understand alcoholism's effects on people. In the middle of someone's story, her cell phone rings, she gets up, and then answers it!
2) She routinely answers her cell phone in class.
3) She mashes away at her laptop during lectures... even when we have guest speakers!
4) She will give ignorant and uneducated comments to patients. An example: "So you're East Indian? You're not a terrorist are you?"
5) To an obese woman with a hysterectomy: "Wow there sure is a lot of fat. You should work out."
Bear in mind, this is a SHORT list. How do I tell this student to learn some manners? It's been brought up in our class many times and she continues this over and over. I only have 1.5 years left with her, should I consider just leaving it alone? Is this a battle worth fighting?
