First off, I would like to say thank you for taking your time to
respond to me, I appreciate it.

There are about five students in particular who are disruptive in our
class--maybe he should just kick them out as opposed to nit picking on
every whisper he happens to notice? Each of our classes are worth 800
dollars and this is a business school. I agree that being disruptive
in class is showing disrespect to the professor and to the course, but
is it right to diss our country, administration and students for that?
We as human beings are free. We don't like something, we can always
LEAVE. We have professors who have been teaching at our university for
25 years and who love the school and the students. I don't wake for
school every saturday morning to look at his sour face and tell us, "I
don't want to be here either...let's wrap this up because I need to do
some shopping".

[No, he is acting like a teacher trying to teach a class
where students are disruptive and making his teaching and the
learning of willing students difficult or impossible - and you
among the disruptive ones. At my university, students who were
disruptive - talking - would be sent out of the classroom. If they
refused to go, the professor would leave, announcing that it would
be up to the rest of the class to decide if the course were to
continue. If your professor has any sense, he will do the same. ]

[You are not in high school. The students in your class
should be acting like adults. (How much did you pay for this
course, by the way? If you were in a training session in a business
and conducting yourself as you describe, how long do you think it
would take your employer to show you the door? Is your conversation
with a neighbor - however low-voiced - helping you learn the
material the professor is delivering?)]

[L. Swilley]

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