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What does he do when a kid has his nose stuck in his laptop?
Another bad day in the writing center, Reb?
I see no anger. I see resolve.
I collect cell phones in class, but I couldn't throw one on the floor because I'm a chicken. When I saw this instructor do just that, however, I laughed out loud, so in love was I with the end of this guy's rope.
Can we do that? Confiscate and destroy?
I see a professor who is about to get his ass kicked!
Oh how I wish. This must have happened before. I have to believe so.
PS. Have you seen the complete version?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYwpxU_G4Z0
Yes, it has happened before...
check out this professor vs cell phone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbdWVO8D8uQ&feature=related
I dare say students will not use a cell phone again this class!
Other ideas:
(1) Stop the class. Sit down in front of the student. Ask, "Is it for me?" "Who is it?" "Is it that blond (girl/guy)?" "Is it your mother?" "Can I ask her about how much you study at home?" etc. as long as necessary.
(2) Take phone from student. Say hello to the person on the phone. Identify yourself. Say you know the call must be for you because it's your classroom the phone is ringing in. If the person on the line says the call is not for you, tell him he must have the wrong number.
(3) Take phone from student. Say hello to the person on the phone. Identify yourself. Ask whether this call is really important enough to interrupt class for. Ask whether the student is a doctor or something, and is that why s/he's on call. Say a few dozen people are waiting for the call to be over so the lecture can go on, and could it be brief? [This works great particularly when it's the student's parent, but when it's another student they're usually amused.]
(4) When phone rings, stop class. Tell everyone to be quiet so the person won't be interrupted because this is obviously some kind of horrible emergency.
(5) If it's an economics class, follow the above with discussion of spillover costs, compensatory taxation, etc. Suggest the student owes everybody scan-trons for the next exam, candy for the next class session, or -- most terrifying of all -- a stand-up-in-front-of-the-class apology.
I'd love to hear any other ideas . . . .
God, thanks for the laugh, Rebel Girl. Forget those other suggestions: this was the perfectly appropriate response.
Now if only the right of professors to confiscate and/or destroy cell phones used during class could be codified into academic policy! At the very least, a college or university policy prohibiting the use of cellphones during class would set the tone, even if it had fewer teeth than desirable.
And what to make of the students who keep little white earplugs in their skulls?
I ask them to hand over the little white earplugs and then I chew them up YUM YUM.
I don't know how 2 tell u this, but this has happened @ universities. I had one teacher @ one time chew a student out in front of the entire class 4 just talking while he was teaching. U c, if a professor has been @ the university long enough, & does not have any problems getting his contract renewd. Also, @ Saddleback I had an Algebra professor named Steve Sworder. He had given us homework packets, & in no way shape or form were we supposed 2 ask any questions about what was on those sheets. Well, some guy piped up & asked a couple questions on what was on the homework sheet. This was half way through the class. Well, Sworder threw down his lecture notes & stormed out of the classroom. Talk about ur anger management issues. Unfortunately there are not any reprocussions for professors who demonstrate this type of behavior. Then again, I've never used a cell phone in class. I usually turned mine off, or the professor was understanding b/c they never knew who the call was from. For all he knew it could be some emergency. With me being disabled, it would not have behooved this professor to touch anything of mine. He didn't have any trouble w/me using a tape recorder inside the class room as long as I let him know that I was recording the class & turned it off whenever he asked me to. As long as you get the professor's permission on tape then you should be fine.:-)
I would like to reach through some people's vehicle windows, grab their cell phones and do that to 'em.
Especially if their initials are rc or rm.
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