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i'm not quite sure what to do. i've been out of school for 10 years and i've never had any college experience so i'm not sure if this is how things go or not. at my school i have class m-f 8-2:30. i have a different class everyday (i'm assuming most of your schools are like this as well) but i have the same classmates. anyways, i have the rudest classmates. not rude like they are stuck up or other stuff like that....i'm talking rude like they talk so much about going to the club or their hair or random stuff like that....not only do they talk about this stuff, but they talk very LOUDLY! it's one thing if they do it when class isn't in session, but they do.....it drives me nuts.

should i say something to them or the teacher? i paid my way to the school to become a nurse...not to make friends and hear stories that doesn't pertain to nursing :banghead:

Specializes in Med Surg/ Pedi, OR.

Welcome to the real world. People don't care about other people. I mean this girl would smoke and then come in the class and kill everyone with the smell. You can complain or adjust to the drama, cause I haven't heard of a program without any DRAMA!! :banghead:

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I would urge caution if you feel the need to say something. Make sure the comment is between you and the teacher, or better yet, say nothing at all. I hate to be so negative, but students can be like a pack of rabid dogs, turning on anything that even remotely denies the herd mentality.

Its not always this way, and not everyone is like this, but enough people ARE this way that they can really ruin the year for you. You'd be suprised how the "nice" ones turn sometimes when they feel (even incorrectly) offended/threatened/judged/whatever. I've had to learn the hard way and I can't say enough how much I wish I had never spoken a word in my class, not to anyone about anything, good, bad, or otherwise.

If there is anything that I've learned from my oh so brief time in this environment, its to keep my head down, and just focus on the prize and avoid the rest as much as humanly possible.

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Hi Becky!

Well it hasnt gotten any better huh in my group.

We are lucky our school is staffed with Instructors!

I havent had Lab in three weeks!!!!!!!! Im so frustrated I could scream.

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I have been following this thread with interest because in my LPN program I had the same problem. Rude, cliquey young women who make a lot of noise in class and generally act like they are still in high school despite being in their 20s.

Well, two months into the program 3/4 of those girls have flunked out. They would skip class, come late, spend all their time texting their friends, not turn in their assignments on time, talk during class, etc. Now here it is almost November and most of those girls are out. The ones who are left have completely adjusted their attitudes and are now very attentive and working hard.

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Same thing in my class..I agree with the others...its up to the instructor to take control of the class, we have a few students who can ask "what if"

questions for hours, but our instructor is good at keeping on the topic.

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Hey Im into LVN program about 10 weeks, and I sat next to a know it all and she always narrorates what the teachers are saying. Very distracting not to mention very very annoying. I told the the teacher I had a hearing problem and asked to be moved to the front of the room. They knew I did not have a hearing problem; however, they knew of the situation and I believe they were happy to move me because of the way I handled it. The instructors are seasoned nurses, they are trained to be always assessing its second nature for them. My point being, if it is a legitiamate problem they know about it, because they are very observant and always assessing. Trust me they know what's going on in there classroom. Don't know if this helps, but man I know how you feel.

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haha yup, at the nyit campus. today wasn't so bad. we started out with 30 students in my group and we're already down to 27.

thanks everyone for your input :)

Becky, I am in the same school as you and when I read your post, I thought to myself, "Oh, my , god, we must go to the same school!" My class is not rude but they talk... alot.. and they are loud too. Gets to you sometimes.

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I have been following this thread with interest because in my LPN program I had the same problem. Rude, cliquey young women who make a lot of noise in class and generally act like they are still in high school despite being in their 20s.

Well, two months into the program 3/4 of those girls have flunked out. They would skip class, come late, spend all their time texting their friends, not turn in their assignments on time, talk during class, etc. Now here it is almost November and most of those girls are out. The ones who are left have completely adjusted their attitudes and are now very attentive and working hard.

I've been skimming these threads to see if any other students out there have dealing with the same problems I'm dealing with and even though these posts were from 3 years ago I just had to comment at how amazing it is that so many other people are dealing with the same exact B.S. I am dealing with right now in nursing school!! Rude teachers and immature, cliquey females!! The bad part about it is that the ones who are acting immature are passing the class, so I have to stick it out, not stoop to their level and keep ignoring them even though I wanna go off on them so bad!

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I don't mind hearing the stories of people's families or their experiences with whatever disease, as long as it doesn't run on and on. Students don't know everything, so relaying a personal anecdote helps the learning process. It initiates questions from others. It personalizes the experience for me. Nursing doesn't have to be all cut and dried and adding a human face to suffering and disease makes us better nurses, I think. Yes, we have a few people in our class that "over share", but our instructors will sometimes move on quickly after the initial "oh really? that's too bad"....and back to lecture. :grn:

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