<p>“Students who don’t work. Seriously it annoys the crap out of me. Partially because a degree without work experience is practically useless (so college was almost a waste) but also because these students often are the ones who don’t understand why other students don’t have loads of time to hang out and do something OR they’re the ones who are constantly bragging about going on trips and having the newest shiniest things while we’re eating Spaghetti Os.”</p>
<p>Not sure if these have been mentioned, but:</p>
<p>The people who act super ready and super excited for everything. We had our first PoliSci test two weeks ago, and the entire class walked in groaning except for this girl who just kept saying, “Let’s rock this test! I’m so ready for this, let’s do it!” I understand enthusiasm, but just keep it to yourself. Especially don’t do it for the teacher.</p>
<p>The people who consistently show up late to class, then ask questions about the material we covered while they were not there. Especially annoying questions.</p>
<p>There’s one kid in my Econ class that literally has a conspiracy theory about everything. I don’t even know where he gets his information from. I usually tune him out but today he was debating with the teacher about the Central Bank of the United States, and how the people running it say it’s a federal thing and it’s really not, they’re just using the cover of “federal” to get away with breaking the law. The teacher said something to the effect of “well, Congress is in charge of overseeing the Central Bank, so that’s not true.” (again, I was tuned out) and the kid said, “So congress is breaking the law, right?”</p>
<p>Those people who show up late to class and either promptly get on Facebook and play games/chat the entire class time or have a never-ending conversation with the person sitting next to them while the professor is lecturing. Seriously, if you’re just going to show up late and not pay attention, disturb others, and be disrespectful to the professor, why even bother showing up at all? </p>
<p>I actually find all of these individual behaviors annoying, but the combination of them is especially annoying.</p>
<p>1) People who complain about workload/exams.</p>
<p>2) People who ask questions during lecture. That’s what discussion section or office hours are for.</p>
<p>3) People who leave gaps when choosing seats in lecture. It’s going to fill up anyway… save me the trouble of stumbling over your lap to fill that empty seat!</p>
<p>4) People who talk during lecture. Just because the professor can’t hear you doesn’t mean the 30 people around you can’t.</p>
<p>5) People who ask for help. It may sound rude, but unless we’re super good friends or it can be answered quickly, I usually just say I don’t know how to do it.</p>
<p>Students who enter the room in a group with food, and proceed to talk and eat amongst themselves the entire time. </p>
<p>A few times I told them that if they wanted to talk, to go outside. This is more common in large, auditorium style classes, but there is still no excuse for this behavior.</p>
<p>I think it highly depends on the class. Some professors do encourage questions during lectures though, and those questions might be what other students might be wondering about as well. In my ANS 1 class, there’s no discussion section (it’s just lecture and lab), and questions are encouraged in class (plus, my ANS 1 professor has said before that some questions that students ask in lectures might appear on exams). And in my BIS 2B class, the professor encourages active participation and encourages the students to ask questions or answer sample problems out loud.</p>
<p>Oh, my god. I had an annoying experience with another classmate. So, I was sitting through a dreadful Biology lecture and the kid next to me was falling asleep. But he kept on bobbing his head up and down constantly. He would also swing around his chair constantly as he dozed off which made a lot of noise. I wanted to just tell him, “If you’re going to sleep, just put your f0ing head down and do it.” And the worst part about this is that he does right in front of the professor; it’s just flat out rude. He also pulls out his cell phone and picks it up in class. I just don’t understand some of these people who are so full of it.</p>
<p>I have a class in which a professor “encourages” discussion by giving those who speak a certain number times a 1% bump for their overall grade. Every class the same five people feel the need to ask stupid questions and share their poorly thought out opinions. I usually leave before the “discussion”. If I wanted to hear someones opinion, I would’ve asked myself.</p>
<p>buriedalie- That girl reminded me of something that happened in my class a couple of days ago. The instructions on the midterm clearly stated to choose the best answer. On the question, there were two answers that were both technically correct, but one was more specific to the phenomenon described in the question, and thus correct. </p>
<p>This know-it-all kid who sits next to me, who came in bragging about how he didn’t study for the test, started arguing with the professor about how he should get the points for that question because the answer he put was technically right. After redirecting him to the instructions that told us to choose the best answer several times, the professor finally concluded with, “Well, if you had STUDIED, you probably would have gotten the question right,” and ended with that. Love that professor. </p>
<p>I also echo those who have mentioned people in classes who try to argue pedantic points to sound smart. I also had philosophy with the guy I just mentioned, and he did that all of the time. The funny thing is how completely oblivious he is to how clearly annoyed the professors were, in both classes.</p>