Nursing School Vent-Inconsiderate Classmates and Flighty instructor

[Teacher2RN]

I just sat through a 3 hour lecture that really got on my last nerves. For one thing, the instructor started incredibly late, as usual and most of these problems are due to the instructors classroom management, but here we go. It was 3 hours of clicky highlighter pens highlighting every single thing on the power points, only not until the instructor mentioned that it was important. Shouldn't everything on there be important since it's just notes? Then you have the feet scuffling, chronic pen clicking, constant sighing from the incredibly rude and impatient person sitting in the row in front of me. Then there are the people who have to color code everything in the power point and noisily switch pens or highlighters or whatever they're using to defile their powerpoint slides to make them easier to study from. The worst is the constantly getting off track by students and even the instructor, which caused more sighing and toe tapping from the impatient before-mentioned student.

I'll admit to being a little ADD at times, but today was the absolute worst. I managed to entertain myself quietly with the internet on my blackberry and marking pages numbers in my power points so I can go back and study in peace and quiet. I understand that people are doing what helps them learn best, but do they have to be so noisy?

[Adams_Mama_07]

It appears the point flew over, oh well. LOL

BTW maybe some people learn by talking to other classmates they are probably good multi taskers I suppose you need to learn to suck it up and deal with it and not complain or vent, they paid for class to

Appears the flying over is on you. Please reread my statements before offering your argument. My talking people are "talking about last night's party." People who have no respect for the instructor, fellow students, and whomever is financing their education by talking about a completely random, non-relevant topic are distracting. People have every right to complain about these sorts of people.

Your hypothetical, off-topic assertion that some people (not the people I was referencing per my post) would be discussing the lecture should simply not be rude. It is rude to talk while someone else (the instructor) is talking. Pointing out their rudeness would be appropriate.

[~Mi Vida Loca~RN, ASN, RN]

Appears the flying over is on you. Please reread my statements before offering your argument. My talking people are "talking about last night's party." People who have no respect for the instructor, fellow students, and whomever is financing their education by talking about a completely random, non-relevant topic are distracting. People have every right to complain about these sorts of people.

Your hypothetical, off-topic assertion that some people (not the people I was referencing per my post) would be discussing the lecture should simply not be rude. It is rude to talk while someone else (the instructor) is talking. Pointing out their rudeness would be appropriate.

I never said what the people were talking about, just said maybe that is how they learn;) People have every right to complain about all types of rudeness, not just the ones you view appropriate. Just sayin'