so I'm an auditory/kinesthetic learner, and I recently decided to start bringing my knitting to class, to see if it kept me more engaged in the lecture and off my electronics. It's pretty much a silent hobby, so I was surprised when a friend/classmate mentioned that she felt it was distracting and rude to the professor and other students. This is a class with many people on their laptops/tablets for lecture. Anyway, I grew up with a knitting mama who had hers everywhere, so I've never really seen it as inappropriate. Just curious what you all think? Would it bother you? More or less than people using electronics or eating in class?
Specializes in Peds/outpatient FP,derm,allergy/private duty.
Yep! The most creative I've ever gotten in the classroom was making paper triangle "footballs" or cootie catchers. But that was high school.
Paper fortune tellers! Folded gum-wrapper chains!
That would be me distracted and guessing. *glancing over at knitter thinking to myself* "Wait, wait....she's knitting a....sweater! No, no.....arms aren't that long.....can't be a sweater.....let me give her 30 min and look again.....where is all that yarn coming from?.....look at her hands...I would poke my eye out......it's a coffee cup cozie.....now that's just stupid to think that....how the h*ll does she go so fast?....I need to learn how to knit...I'm feeling the need to do something with my hands....maybe randomly waiving at the instructor?.....no that's awkward she might wave back.....sweet mother of pearl what is she knitting?!"
Yep that would be exactly what was going through my mind during class.
I now see the error of my ways. It's this thread and the eating in class thread that have convinced me. There are probably many different learning styles and they should all be accommodated by whatever the student feels will help him or her learn best. I personally can only learn while watching cheesy infomercials turned up real loud. It's up to everyone else to accommodate me. Handstands, cartwheels and doing the Hokey-Pokey (I'm real old school!) whatever!
People are so busy these days they need to eat anchovy pizza in class. Or BBQ Chips and dip. Captain Crunch in a Zip-loc for those moments when you're sure your blood sugar is heading south in a hurry.
Please don't get snarky with me because I was raised Catholic and there was a big values premium attached to sitting at your desk with your hands folded in front of you and your back straight. I wonder what happened to that fidgety kid named Jimmy. Oh, now I remember. He's a lawyer! I get it that the culture has changed and my viewpoint on these things is a relic, just like me. Oh well.
Since you are not a knitter you have no idea what I was talking about, but i'm not going to explain it.
edit to add: we had a thread not long ago from someone who said she had a sleep disorder. Her particular sleep disorder was that her circadian rhythms made her want to sleep for an hour after her alarm went off, an hour later each day (hey I think I have that!) so she wanted her clinicals scheduled just for her, whatever time worked best for her sleep disorder schedule. In retrospect, I guess her request is perfectly valid.
So we're expected to ignore all inappropriate distractions but the OP isn't expected to conduct herself like an adult and focus on the teacher? That's a double standard if I ever heard one. Once you're in college you're expected to act like an adult, and part of that is being able to sit through a class. If you can't, maybe you're not ready for college.
So all the doodlers, finger tappers, pen clickers, stress ball squeezers, leg shakers/tappers, lip biters, gum chewers, etc are not adults and have no place in college? If people with these habits are allowed to call themselves adults worthy of attending college why is the OP not as well? THAT is a double standard.
So all the doodlers, finger tappers, pen clickers, stress ball squeezers, leg shakers/tappers, lip biters, gum chewers, etc are not adults and have no place in college? If people with these habits are allowed to call themselves adults worthy of attending college why is the OP not as well? THAT is a double standard.
No it's not. Tapping your finger is not the same as playing a trumpet during class. See where I'm going with this? Knitting is highly distracting - let's stop pretending like it's something everybody can ignore like someone using their cell phone.
I now see the error of my ways. It's this thread and the eating in class thread that have convinced me. There are probably many different learning styles and they should all be accommodated by whatever the student feels will help him or her learn best. I personally can only learn while watching cheesy infomercials turned up real loud. It's up to everyone else to accommodate me. Handstands, cartwheels and doing the Hokey-Pokey (I'm real old school!) whatever!
People are so busy these days they need to eat anchovy pizza in class. Or BBQ Chips and dip. Captain Crunch in a Zip-loc for those moments when you're sure your blood sugar is heading south in a hurry.
Please don't get snarky with me because I was raised Catholic and there was a big values premium attached to sitting at your desk with your hands folded in front of you and your back straight. I wonder what happened to that fidgety kid named Jimmy. Oh, now I remember. He's a lawyer! I get it that the culture has changed and my viewpoint on these things is a relic, just like me. Oh well.
Since you are not a knitter you have no idea what I was talking about, but i'm not going to explain it.
edit to add: we had a thread not long ago from someone who said she had a sleep disorder. Her particular sleep disorder was that her circadian rhythms made her want to sleep for an hour after her alarm went off, an hour later each day (hey I think I have that!) so she wanted her clinicals scheduled just for her, whatever time worked best for her sleep disorder schedule. In retrospect, I guess her request is perfectly valid.
Please quote appropriately. That second quote is not from me, I never said any of that. If you have a problem with what someone said, tell them, don't misquote me and come after me.
So all the doodlers, finger tappers, pen clickers, stress ball squeezers, leg shakers/tappers, lip biters, gum chewers, etc are not adults and have no place in college? If people with these habits are allowed to call themselves adults worthy of attending college why is the OP not as well? THAT is a double standard.
There's a huge difference between someone fiddling with the tools they need for class, and people bringing in completely inappropriate gadgets to mess with because they can't focus. I don't think anyone has a problem with a student using a stress ball, but obviously have a problem with something as distracting as knitting. If you can't see the difference then I don't know how else to explain it.
Specializes in Peds/outpatient FP,derm,allergy/private duty.
Please quote appropriately. That second quote is not from me, I never said any of that. If you have a problem with what someone said, tell them, don't misquote me and come after me.
I believe if you look at my post again you will see that I did quote you appropriately and wrote a comment about paper fortune tellers and gum wrapper chains under it. Then I quoted Wavewatcher.
I believe if you look at my post again you will see that I did quote you appropriately and wrote a comment about paper fortune tellers and gum wrapper chains under it. Then I quoted Wavewatcher.
No you did not. Your post shows two quotes, both with my name on it.
Specializes in Peds/outpatient FP,derm,allergy/private duty.
Well now I wonder if it was a scarf, a hat, or an afghan blanket and what colors were being used?
It's ombre boucle yarn in shades of green (mostly a very distracting shade of lime green! I'm just going to keep knitting that sucker til I run out of yarn. It will wind it's way out the classroom and down the hall by Christmas.
I'm waving an olive branch between SionainnRN and nursel56
SionainnRN : I have NO idea why your phone screenshot looks like nursel56 had quoted YOU with WaveWatcher's silly message, when the desktop-screen version I'M looking at clearly shows she attributed that quote to WW. Really, honestly! :) Probably another reason I'm not likely to online message anyone with a phone. Gimme a good old desktop, LOL..
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Paper fortune tellers! Folded gum-wrapper chains!
I now see the error of my ways. It's this thread and the eating in class thread that have convinced me. There are probably many different learning styles and they should all be accommodated by whatever the student feels will help him or her learn best. I personally can only learn while watching cheesy infomercials turned up real loud. It's up to everyone else to accommodate me. Handstands, cartwheels and doing the Hokey-Pokey (I'm real old school!) whatever!
People are so busy these days they need to eat anchovy pizza in class. Or BBQ Chips and dip. Captain Crunch in a Zip-loc for those moments when you're sure your blood sugar is heading south in a hurry.
Please don't get snarky with me because I was raised Catholic and there was a big values premium attached to sitting at your desk with your hands folded in front of you and your back straight. I wonder what happened to that fidgety kid named Jimmy. Oh, now I remember. He's a lawyer! I get it that the culture has changed and my viewpoint on these things is a relic, just like me. Oh well.
Since you are not a knitter you have no idea what I was talking about, but i'm not going to explain it.
edit to add: we had a thread not long ago from someone who said she had a sleep disorder. Her particular sleep disorder was that her circadian rhythms made her want to sleep for an hour after her alarm went off, an hour later each day (hey I think I have that!) so she wanted her clinicals scheduled just for her, whatever time worked best for her sleep disorder schedule. In retrospect, I guess her request is perfectly valid.