First Day Of Uni: I Got Told To Stand In The Corridor For Talking (1 Viewer)

[ur_inner_child]

No joke.

I was talking to this guy beside me because I didn't understand something.

Class of say, 20.

The teacher, he goes "IF YOU WANT TO TALK, THERE IS ALWAYS THE CORRIDOR!!!"

and i felt so small.

I didn't feel like saying "but but but but but but I was just asking cuz I don't understand"

cuz I'm the top stream here

and everyone else is finding it easy to understand, while I'm trying to figure out what was happening half an hour ago.

And so I think I might change classes very soon if it happens again

But I thought I'd tell you that the lecturer I had made me feel like I was in kindergarten again, writing "I MUST NOT TALK DURING A LESSON" a hundred times.

 

[jellybeenz]

I know the feeling. I was asking a legitimate question at enrolment and the lecturer just laughed in my face. I felt so small.

 

[Dumdida]

lol awwwwww, yeah some of these lecturers are pretty sharp...at my campus ther was one lady screaming at everyone for stepping on the grass instead of walking on the pathways ( coz apparently their are ashes or something) i guess they shouldnt coz dats disrespect, but nobody advised anyone about ashes....i dont know what they are doing at uni anyway....is that where this ghost thing came about at uws?

 

[Lainee]

Oh shit... I can just imagine that. That would be so embarassing.

 

[Cape]

lol awwwwww, yeah some of these lecturers are pretty sharp...at my campus ther was one lady screaming at everyone for stepping on the grass instead of walking on the pathways ( coz apparently their are ashes or something) i guess they shouldnt coz dats disrespect, but nobody advised anyone about ashes....i dont know what they are doing at uni anyway....is that where this ghost thing came about at uws?

OMGOSH!!! Did you walk on the grass at fairy circle near the car park??? There ashes there and you can't walk on it until you graduate!

Some lecturers are really strict like that ... one even locked half the class out cause they were late one time. lol.

 

[kalli]

hey dont stress... my first day of uni i walked into the wrong lecture... it was a small lecture and the door was at the front and i was sitting there going WTF is this shit! everyone laughed at me includng the lecturer from then on i triple check room numbers :'(

 

[Lexicographer]

My first day of my first course I had to do a Physics test (aced, but still).

My first day of my second course I went to the zoo to draw reptiles.

 

[Inscrutable]

they told us that once you go uni, you'll be treated like adults and not children anymore, it actually turned out to be the opposite

 

[Lexicographer]

Well, the truth is that at school they try to treat everyone like an adult. At uni, they'll only treat you like an adult if they feel that's how you deserve to be treated.

 

[White Rabbit]

Come to CSU, the only person who yells at you here is the moody people in the dinning hall.................thank god im self catered

 

[Katie123]

in anatomy today - the lecturer told these guys to shut up twice... and if they didnt the whole ROW would have to go outside...i was in that row. happy to say tho they shut up

 

[jhakka]

They would have been really popular if they didn't.

 

[cro_angel]

today in one of my tutes.. the tutor said to this girl do you need to move.. and shes like no.. then the tutors like ok then stay quiet and the chick is like.. i was just writing down what you were saying then the tutor was like.. no you were just talking and giggling and then shes like.. well you just put me off my train of thought
i think everyone in my tutes a bit scared of her now.. shes usually so happy but she just snapped

 

[LeftrightOut]

Sad but true, the corridor is the place to talk. I would have said the same thing. The lecturer didn't tell you to go outside and face the wall, that is what you would get in HS.

They just pointed out that a lecture is in progress out the front and you are obviously paying attention to your own little discussion rather than the presentation of material which to the lecturer means you are not paying attention and what could possibly be worse is you are distracting other students.

If you don't get something either write down what you didn't get and ask after class, pop your hand up and ask the lecturer or read ahead in your study notes before lectures as is recommended.

Sorry to be harsh but that's the reality of lectures. You'll get shot down even worse if you are late or if you walk out early on some lecturers.

This is not because they are trying to be mean, it's because they face a large number of smart alecs everyday who think they know better. To be able to figure out who is having problems and asking their next seat neighbour and who is just trying to disrupt is nearly impossible. Especially in the first few lectures.

If you don't feel like asking you didn't understand then they will never know you have a problem. Don't be shy, you are paying a pretty penny to be taught these things, the same as all students, as a result everyone has the right to be in a quiet environment and everyone has the right to ask questions. How would you feel if you turn up to a lecture and someone else is talking for whatever reason? you'd probably think "I wish they'd shut up I find it really difficult to concentrate the lecturer".

And i would hate to think what you consider being treated like an adult would include? Why is ok to talk with others when everyone is supposed to be paying attention to a speaker? it's like people talking cinemas "What did that guy say? what did that guy say when I asked what the other guy said?". Be an adult, take responsibility, don't understand something, ask away if he gets annoyed or won't answer (even after class) then I would agree that he is not treating you like an adult.

 

[santaslayer]

Normal etiquette is to ask AFTER the lecture. Ask a friend or ask the lecturer themselves during consultation hours. If everyone didn't understand something and everyone opened their mouths to ask then the course will never finish on schedule. I know, 1st lecture or whatever...some lecturers are arsehols..

 

[Frigid]

i think it should mention somewhere in the bylaws or regulations of the university that the lecturer/tutor in charge has the discretion to ask you to leave the classroom/lecture hall if he/she feels that you are being a disruption to the class/lecture.

 

[braindrainedAsh]

Some are just plain bitchy though.... like once last year, I had a cold and I was trying really hard not to cough, and then when the lecturer was setting up a video... she wasn't talking... I coughed a bit just to clear my throat basically and because my eyes were watering from trying not to cough.... I would have left the lecture except I was trapped in the middle of a row and it would have been more of a disturbance to do that because it was a sqished theatre where people would have had to lower their arm tables to let me past.... and she like fully called me out in front of 500 people and said something like "why don't we just all wait while you finish coughing your lungs up" or something.... it was so embarassing....

 

[LeftrightOut]

it was so embarassing....

That is pretty slack. Some of them have great memories too, one guy turned up late to the first lecture and the lecturer would always make a small remark to him every week in like "I see they finally fixed your watch" "Slow night last night?" etc.

Most lecturers are just sarcastic though, I never took anything personally when they had a dig at me.

 

[jang]

uni is annoying..
too many ppl for comfort.

neway shit story: i was on the train n there were no seats. i was standing against the doors, there was like lots of space to stand n railings to hold, then some cunt comes n stands right in front of me like 20 cm away from me... WTF

also every1 hates first years... i can hear evry1 bitchin bout us. meh sall good... but uni still annoying

 

[Minai]

haha I remember the days in 1st year when people used to get ejected from lectures.

Rarely happens after 1st year, as most people start to grow up (and just not turn up if they didnt feel like it)