<p>^ that kitty is cute...</p>
<p>Ohhh MY gosh. I totally have some of those people in my classes. Like..in 4 of my classes! it's SO annoying.
They have a comment on EVERYTHING. And they just keep on talking and just go on and on and on and on...and don't even realize that everyone else is either getting really annoyed or falling asleep. Like they raise their hand for every freakin question!!</p>
<p>Haha ...my English teacher looks like she wants to shoot herself in the face whenever this one girl raises her hand. And she bascially has to call on her..because nobody else has their hands up hahah.</p>
<p>It's a lot different when you have a 200+ Lb linebacker with a criminal history dominating the discussion with completely BS arguments and statements, trying to talk down to everyone to cover up his own insecurities.</p>
<p>Do you ever have graded class discussions? You know, like when the teacher records what you say, the importance of what you said, and how often you talk. Then you get your grade accordingly, and if you don't talk at all, you fail/get a 0. THATS when its annoying to be shy in a class with people dominating the conversation!</p>
<p>Yeah those are completely stupid. Everyone feels the need to say something to get the points and save their grade and decide that making stupid comments are a good idea.</p>
<p>i just hate graded discussions where they only record how many times you talk, so people repeat the same thing over and over and its just the worst. i dont really have a problem with the kids that dominate the discussion and make good points..probably cos i am that kid a lot of the time, but i hate the kids that talk for like 10 minutes and dont actually say anything.</p>
<p>Wow, I feel pretty fortunate. At my school, I'm one of those kids that always brings insights, but no matter what class I'm in, there are always at least 5 people who can also bring stuff to the table, making for a very lively discussion. Even for our graded Socratics in AP English, we usually are very successful in reaching new breaking points as a collective group. I'm sorry you guys have to deal with this situation - I've only seen it in elementary school!</p>
<p>^ braggart</p>
<p>Is asking a lot of questions the same thing? They're good, legitimate questions (to me anyways).</p>
<p>The kids who make quality comments in class often didn't just think of them for the first time when the teacher asked the question. They thought about the material ahead of time-and possibly invested some time talking about it with friends or reseaching the topic futher-so when the teacher asks a questin (come on, most of these are pretty predictable...), she has something to say. If you are taken by surprize by all the teachers' questions and need a long time to think through a possible answer, then my guess is that you haven't done more than the bare minimum required by the homework assignment.</p>
<p>I'm sure the class know-it-all is grateful that at least someone has something intelligent to say, even if they cribbed it from Stanford and Berkely Phds. If everyone in the class did this, the discussion would quickly move off the boring basic questions into areas of interpretation, historical context, underlying philosophical assumptions, and all the other angles that create interesting discussion. Not that I think plagerizing others insights is the best way to approach this, but at least the poor know-it-all won't have to squirm through another boring class agonizing over whether to antagonize her class-mates one more time or die of boredom.</p>
<p>Why do I feel like I'm watching a television commercial, only without Billy Mays?</p>
<p>Ahh, high school.</p>
<p>Okay, so I was one of those people in HS.</p>
<p>But I don't think our intention is to <em>want</em> to monopolise class discussions and look like the smart one. </p>
<p>You all could easily make something called a counterargument.</p>
<p>Pulling arguments out of your ass is the greatest skills you'll ever have on the AP exams. In school. In life. I think I owe at least 15 AP credits (e.g. a semester's worth of coursework) to pulling arguments out of my ass.</p>
<p>Eh, I'm kind of like that in French and Spanish. Though, those are the only classes I ever actively participate in.</p>
<p>Except, I usually wait a couple seconds for someone else to answer, if not, I answer. Does that make me worse?</p>
<p>Yeah, I generally am that person as well. It's not like I try to only speak and take over, though. People rarely offer input in some classes and do not know a lot of the obscure references made.</p>
<p>In my classes, the people that do that are either:</p>
<p>A. Saying something over everyone's (including the teacher's) head
B. Saying something of no worth, but think they are</p>
<p>M's Mom, I think kids DO think of the answers right away when the teacher asks. I know that I am probably one of the only ones in my classes to not only do my homework every single day (and I spend a looot more time than necessary on it, which is not a good thing, but still at least I am taking time to think deeply) but also extra research on the side. I still can't answer a question right away when a teacher asks. I think it may be somewhat due to speaking anxiety, however, and the fact that I'm not a very intelligent person anyway.</p>
<p>I try not to answer ever question, but the few courses I have at my high school are full of those people who either don't want to answer or don't know the answer. I say something so the class can move on without awkward pauses. I try to add to class discussions but so many people are so literal that they can't learn anything that isn't very obvious. </p>
<p>Those who are too shy really need to work on speaking up. You don't have to be a gunner but you could start a class discussion.</p>
<p>We get graded sometimes when we have discussions about books and crap usually out of 10 points. This one kid would completely dominate everyone, he would say something, then someone else would say something, then the first kid would always rebutt, talking over everyone. Then, finally the teacher said I'll give you the 10 points ,name, If you will just shut up the rest of the period.</p>
<p>So now whenever he gets longwinded talking in other classes someone says, we'll give you ten points to shut up, and everyone laughs.</p>
<p>i'm all for quality discussion. my issue is that the people who offer their ideas are usually the most aggressive students, not the most insightful/intelligent students.</p>