Students lack respect for professors
“We never had that back when I was growing up.”
How many times have you heard one of your grandparents, teachers or anyone older than you say that? This generation is accustomed to many privileges the generation before us were not provided with.
Throughout all of the changes our society has gone through, from even merely 20 years ago, I have noticed a definite lack of a part of life that was extremely important back in the day: respect.
For the past three years, I have gradually learned to hate the last few minutes of most classes. It’s not because I dread classes and yearn for the moment I am able to leave — its on the contrary, actually.
As the days inch closer to graduation, I realize how much I love school and learning, and don’t want to be done.
But in the last few minutes of nearly every class I have taken, there have been a collective amount of students, sometimes only a few and many times a large majority of the class, who start to pack up their belongings before the professor has dismissed class.
In one class I am currently taking, the students go so far as to start walking out of the room before the professor even finishes talking.
I understand people have other classes and places to be. I’m not any different. But if you are one of those early packers/leavers, have you ever stopped to think how it affects the professor?
Graduate student Lucia Carlson finds the practice inappropriate.
“I can understand it if a student needs to leave early for some important reason, but if that’s the case, I think the student should address the professor about it, maybe before class,” Carlson said. “Leaving before the professor finishes talking is a complete lack of respect. Even if the class one is taking isn’t ‘fun’, such rude behavior is unacceptable at the college level.”
If the situation was reversed and you were at the front of the class giving a presentation, I’m quite positive there wouldn’t be anyone who would appreciate the audience to do the same to them.
As Carlson said, this is college. You chose to be here, to obtain a higher education. The professors at the front of the room have worked hard to be where they are, where many of us hope to be someday — successful and making a difference in our field
Don’t forget the real reason and meaning behind being a student. There is a lot to be learned, even in the last few minutes of a class. Try not to waste the time you’re here, because you won’t get this chance again.
