texting in class

[Kappamd]

I think it is pretty common, as is facebooking. I do, however, think it is unbelievably disrespectful when people sit back in full view of the professor and sit there texting for the full 50 minutes, but I have never really had a professor say anything. The policy for tests in every class I've ever taken has been phone=F, as in if the prof sees your phone at all, that is grounds for failure. If you're not going to pay attention in class, then why come?

[I.A.S.K.]

Originally Posted by Kappamd

If you're not going to pay attention in class, then why come?

Because the professors hold against you when you dont come and attendance is a part of your grade, maybe?


If I make the effort to get up and come to class Im going to participate. I have txtd in class. I do not text in small classes. I only text in my really large Econ class. The professor isnt the best and I usually am not up front. All of my other classes Im right in front of the teacher.
For some of my classes I find that actually going is not useful to me if I actually do the assigned reading/work. I get incredibly mad when the professor/teacher is of no value and attending class is of no value. For the most part I care about getting an A and at least a B in a class more than anything.
I know of people who cheat via text message. Its not rare. It happens often in large classes. Small classes not at all. I have used the calculator on my cell phone to take a two hour Econ test twice. I wasnt cheating and if I was cheating I wouldnt have been caught. The general rule is that you cant use your celly during a test and if youre caught you'll be asked to put it away.

[AGDee]

The main reason that I waited a long time to get a cell phone is because I really dislike that, as these technologies grow, people expect you to be immediately available to them all the time. I find this incredibly annoying. Will the younger generations be able to wait for anything ever? I often tell my daughter that it will not harm anything if she waits 10 minutes to answer a text. I've had to ban texting at the dinner table, while shopping with me.. all kinds of situations. I don't know how to get the point across that IT IS OK TO NOT BE IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS ALL THE TIME. This includes while interacting with people at work, while in class, while eating a meal with people, etc. I do try to make myself immediately available to my children because of the chance that it could be an emergency, but anybody else? They wait until I'm ready and available to answer.