<p>I really don't see a problem in people who participate alot or ask a whole mess of questions. in some cases, some of these overzealous students (as u term them) are necessary to get the classes going. sometimes it's creepy when u're in a class that is totally silent while the teacher lectures. also, talking is healthy mentally, so u shouldn't sulk, but compete with this guy!! learn some logic techniques and outwit him!! add some passion into ur academic life!</p>
<p>I am generally paying to hear the prof's version of things. To argue it can be done for free at the local coffee shop.</p>
<p>what you may be missing is the social accumen of some of these students may be more than just crassness, I have seen several posters that have various issues that are becoming more and more discussed in society</p>
<p>so don't be so quick to judge, you have no idea where that person may be coming from</p>
<p>There's at least one in every class...especially those engineering courses. I really can't tell if they KNOW they're being annoying to everyon else or if they seriously just have to express their opinion or show how 'smart' they are to the rest of the class. Anyways one way to end it is (this only works in large lectures mind you) to wait for the annoying kid to finish asking the question, and in that pause that the professor always gives before answering, say "shut up" pretty loudly. The one time I did this, the kid turned bright red and miraculously didn't say a word the rest of the class. Your mileage my vary.</p>
<p>I can't understand ur line of thinking. This is a free country, a kid should ask questions if he wants even if he wants to sound smart. it's so gut-wrenching to go to classes that have these professors that get to their "nuts and bolts" and the whole time a dead silence. Personally, i find those talkative students that brag quite satisfying to observe because it actually makes the lecture seem as if there are PEOPLE in there.</p>
<p>^ I can't understand YOUR line of thinking.</p>
<p>I pay a lot of money to hear someone with a Ph.D teach me about his or her field, not some obnoxious 19 year old who acts as if he/she wrote and defended a doctoral dissertation paper</p>
<p>This person just basically repeats what the professor said in the form of a question by using huge words. Also, has the tendency to correct the professor constantly when we know what he meant and addresses the professor as if we are in boot camp. Bottom line: it's not cute, it's disrespectful to the professor especially when he is already behind and we're not being tested on what your mother thinks of subject x. Class discussions are a different story. In my class, everything my prof says are facts (like chemistry equations), so to have an indepth conversation on why it shouldn't be x, is useless.</p>
<p>Also, the class isn't dead silent. The professor usually provides comic relief at appropriate times. </p>
<p>PS: I bet you're one of those people since you are getting all defensive. Stop wasting the professor's time and let him/her teach the class. You want to participate in class, have a one on one with the professor, and act as if you're smarter than everyone else? Go to law school and let the professor call on you and keep questioning you until you break.</p>
<p>Agreed with smurfgirl. A student has no right to disrupt everyone else by asking ridiculous or inane questions. If s/he has a genuine question, do it after class or during office hours when the prof isn't trying to get through a lot of essential material in just 50 minutes, or however long the period is.</p>
<p>^ Especially around mid-term and finals time. A lot of profs cram in material and non-interruption is vital.</p>
<p>While I sympathize with sitting through inane question after inane question...and I'm usually pretty quiet in class...</p>
<p>It seems no one here has taken any courses based on the socratic method? </p>
<p>Or (my favorite) where some professor intentionally writes something wrong on the board, silently turns around, and stares at the class until someone points out what's wrong? :)</p>
<p>I mean, if all the professor does is stand up at the board and talk, I might as well be watching a videotape or be with 500 other students in a huge lecture hall. If I'd wanted that I would have gone to Berkeley or whatnot and not somewhere where classes were smaller.</p>
<p>Professors in law schools implement the socratic method. =)</p>
<p>i think there's a time and place for discussion, but some classes are well-suited to lecture format. classes with socratic discussion are lots of fun! at the same time, i'm taking an intro to physical anthro class and i'm hating it. the professor is wonderful and it's pretty interesting, but there are these two people who ask questions all the time. it's straightforward material! the thing is, their questions don't even make sense. they don't think it all the way through before raising their hands, so when they start talking, it's a lot of "um" and "ah" before they get around to saying something that shows they don't really understand what they're talking about.</p>
<p>gah. this is a jc, and i'm definitely understanding of people having lots of questions. my chem class was really slow cause we had a lot of moms in the class who hadn't been to school for a bit. but these two are just jerks, and their questions never enhance the class's understanding of the material. i just don't get it. do they not hear the class collectively sighing every time their hand goes up? do they enjoy wasting everyone's time?</p>