Originally Posted by patelp

I think someone mentioned this but in class there are a few girls... that have their laptops out and film themselves with webcams... like wth?

Was this in a humanities/social science class?

Originally Posted by Taunton

It should also be mentioned that if you're so tired that you'll fall asleep in class, then you're not going to learn anything anyways... might as well go home and sleep where you'll be more comfortable.

I don't think there's many people who go to lectures with the intent of sleeping. Maybe people go to class, trying their best to tough it out, but can't do it.

There's TONS of reasons why someone can be tired, especially in the earlier classes. I don't think it's right for some profs to act the way they do..

Originally Posted by feonateresa

So, I was friends with this girl last year ... not anymore for various reasons including this one. She kept talking to me in lecture, and I tried to keep my answers short so that she'd get the message I didn't want to talk. Finally, these two girls in front of us, turned around, and fully told us off. What pissed me off was, they were doing homework for another class, yet they had the audacity to tell me and my friend at the time to shut up.

They were all like, "Some of us actually come to university to learn, not like you people who probably barely made it in here." Yeahh, funny how they barely passed the class and I got a 10.

I hate that. There was a girl in my French tutorial who kept asking me questions because she didn't understand the TA. I don't mind helping out (because the class was really hard), but she talked the ENTIRE time. I was worried the TA was going to yell at us.
And it's awkward because you don't want to say "Stop talking to me!" :/

Originally Posted by MacEng

Was this in a humanities/social science class?

[email protected] Faculty bias!

Well technically the lower admission averages; and the theory that people who don't know what to do with their lives usually choose something like Humanities/Socsci because of the wide range of course/major choices does match up. In the meantime it does take them a year to figure out what they want; in the mean time they DO use the macbook for the funhouse effect pictures and DO gossip/talk most lectures least bothered about what's going on. But thats partly because unlike science/engineering if you do your readings at home you can get away with not attending/paying attention during class; There is usually 30-40% MAX attendance rate in any lecture!

Now that it has been brought up; why am I not hearing stories about Engineers who have a Starcraft Tournament at the back of classes? I was shadowing Calc for a month or so last year and the entire back 3 rows were people sleeping or Playing War/Star Craft

Haha! Childs sounds hilarious ! And there's a whole facebook page dedicated to his quotes?! =O

lol i have seen ppl in my eng classes and i have seen ppl playing rts games like aoe, and my roomate used to play tetris in calculus lol :p
and just the other day i saw someone playing pokemon.
eng ftw

Well stuff like hearts, tetris, spades,Fb Poker, mahjong etc is something EVERYONE plays during lectures. But Its the hardcore 3D games that really make me lulz & :O I would totally be playin Fifa 09 during my Socio(zzzz/lame) lectures but my battery is tiny!

Originally Posted by Fight0

OMG Childs is the man. He made 1CC3 such an awesome class.

Agree. Childs = best professor ever!

Originally Posted by sinthusized

What are some weird things you notice in your classes?

Today, two people were full on flirting in class. The guy kept tickling the girl and she pretty much spent the whole class giggling and bumping into the girl sitting next to her. I felt very bad for the girl sitting next to them. I really don’t see what's so hard to understand....if you aren’t going to pay attention, don’t come to class.

Last year in one of my classes, a lot of people were talking (which happened a lot in the class..) while the prof was trying to go over example questions for the exam, and someone turned around and angrily screamed "shut up!" I didn't think people would ever do that; it's more like something you'd want to do but won't

Originally Posted by Taunton

It should also be mentioned that if you're so tired that you'll fall asleep in class, then you're not going to learn anything anyways... might as well go home and sleep where you'll be more comfortable.

I don't go to class with the intention of falling asleep. For my past 3 marketing classes (which are 1:30 in the afternoon >_<) I've fallen asleep. But I've managed to stay awake for my 8:30 accounting classes.

It's bland. And the teacher just reads. >_< Trust me, I TRY REALLY HARD not to doze off. XD

Originally Posted by lawleypop

For my past 3 marketing classes (which are 1:30 in the afternoon >_<) I've fallen asleep.

Lazy ass.

Originally Posted by reeves

Lazy ass.

At least I can MAKE it to classes.

Originally Posted by lawleypop

At least I can MAKE it to classes.

I made it to all 3 classes today!

Originally Posted by reeves

I made it to all 3 classes today!

Wow, grats. I imagine that must've been really difficult for you. You should be proud.

Originally Posted by lawleypop

Wow, grats. I imagine that must've been really difficult for you. You should be proud.

Actually, it was hard lol. I slept in this morning, got to class on time though. Then I came home, had a nap, and woke up -just- in time to get back to class for 1:30 haha.