I am fortunate in that my classes are small. That said, texting is a problem. I've told my students that in a class of 20 OF COURSE I am going to see them texting so stop it. For testing, they have to leave everything but a pen and a blue book in their backpacks, against the wall.
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I haven't been in school for awhile, but even then, cell phones were completely outlawed by all my professors. My classes varied in size, most of the upper level classes were smaller (30ish students) but the other classes were bigger.
It was easier for the profs to make sure students didn't use their cell phones during classes/tests that had a small amount of students. For the larger classes, the prof & the TAs would walk around to make sure.
As far as texting during class, that's just plain rude. I would hope students have more common sense & manners than to do that. Then again, I know it is probably very common.
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Originally Posted by texas*princess
I haven't been in school for awhile, but even then, cell phones were completely outlawed by all my professors. My classes varied in size, most of the upper level classes were smaller (30ish students) but the other classes were bigger.
Hijack - I just love that the BIGGEST class I ever took had 30 students. Perks of a small school! My upper level classes had anywhere from 4-25 students.
If you can keep up with the pace of the class I say texting is fine. I'd rather turn my phone off and concentrate on getting the education I'm paying money to get. I didn't have a cell phone in college oddly enough. We text during meetings at work a lot - eek!
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