<p>What are the things that happen during lecture that annoy you to no end? </p>
<p>Here are a few of mine:</p>
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<li><p>Students who walk into class on an exam day, and say, "wait, so what's on the test today?" </p></li>
<li><p>Students who whisper and giggle throughout lecture. </p></li>
<li><p>When the professor misses that little spot of marker when erasing the board. </p></li>
<li><p>Students who try to persuade you to do their work for them. </p></li>
<li><p>Loudmouths who ask unnecessary, off-subject questions.</p></li>
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<p>In my Calculus class this girl behind me always talk about “oh i hate rienman sums, just do the integral already” like she knows it all. She doesn’t.</p>
<p>-The people who come to class stoned, sit in the back and talk, then try to engage the professor in a discussion about…cake</p>
<p>-The people who answer every.single.question the professor asks, speaking before he even finishes and not letting anyone else get a word in edgewise. Maybe the rest of us would like to think of a good answer before spewing psychobabble at the professor.</p>
<p>Pretty much this. I’m alright with students participating and being active learners, but it’s a little annoying when we’re in the middle of an ecology lecture and the same kid asks twice whether or not the professor thinks Christianity is poisoning the minds of science.</p>
<p>Also, whistlers. What compels people to whistle while we’re being lectured?</p>
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<li><p>People who come into class like 5 minutes late who for some reason ** NEED ** to sit in that one seat in the middle of the auditorium, and they squeeze through your row and whisper “sorry! excuse me! sorry!” like an idiot and cause commotion on their way to their seat when you’re trying to pay attention. Then they sit down and realize “well, i’m already late so I might as well just sit here and text for the entire period.”</p></li>
<li><p>People who carry so much **** with them to class that they take up three entire seats. </p></li>
<li><p>When one kid gets really into the lesson and starts feeling the need to raise their hand and share their opinion about everything and challenge the professor. Seriously just shut up. Wait till after class.</p></li>
<li><p>The awkwardness when the auditorium is basically full but the seats on both sides of you are empty. It makes it look like you either A. smell or B. have no friends.</p></li>
<li><p>International students who sit on their laptops and play WoW/Maplestory or trade pokemon cards for the entire class. I always end up sitting right behind them and it’s really distracting.</p></li>
<li><p>When profs write their notes on the board and don’t put them into a powerpoint.</p></li>
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<p>I would hate to go to most of your colleges.</p>
<p>The only thing that I’ve had a problem with is people coming to lecture with a cold. If you’re sick, do the rest of us a favor and don’t come to lecture. The coughing and sneezing makes it hard to hear and concentrate.</p>
<p>A few weeks ago a lot of people came to my bigger lecture class just to get the test back we had taken. When the professor walked in without the test about 20 students just left. The prof was very confused/annoyed.</p>
<p>… those types of people/that behavior is a pet peeve.</p>
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<li><p>The teacher that stands in front of what he’s writing, mumbles about it, and then asks the class questions about what he just wrote while he’s standing in front of it. </p></li>
<li><p>The 20… 30… no. 50! people that come really early and take all the seats at the beginning of the semester and aren’t registered, aren’t on the waitlist, and don’t stand a chance of getting in the class - but they come and hog all the chairs so you never get a chance at sitting during the first 2 weeks of class because they’re a stubborn moron. </p></li>
<li><p>Teachers that give quizzes at the very start of lecture for an 11am class (at my college, 9-11:30 is IMPOSSIBLE to get parking) </p></li>
<li><p>People that come to class stinky/sick. Seriously, it should be a punishable offense to come to class not having taken a shower in days. I’m not even talking about going to the gym - if you have enough deoderant that won’t even smell bad, but going to class after eating curry and not having showered in like a week. Ugh. ><</p></li>
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<p>Yeah I’ve been sick for several weeks, nothing major just a bad cough and stuff. I always feel really bad, like I’m being really obnoxious, but even I cannot skip class for months at a time, lol.</p>
<p>Today some kid was playing some FPS on his laptop a few rows in front of me. And then GLARED at me when I raised my hand to answer a question pertaining to the lecture.
What? U mad bro? I pay attention in class? …actually, I don’t completely. I read the book ahead of time and then read the news online during class. But I do stay off Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, this site, etc…</p>
<p>People who are siting in the immediate vicinity of the professor AND still talk… Really disrespectful and quite distracting since I try and sit in the front so I can see. </p>
<p>People who being up personal anecdotes that aren’t even related to the question they’re trying to answer. For some reason, the one older student in my classes seems to be particularly guilty of this.</p>
<p>The people who come five minutes late and let the door bang closed. It’s not that difficult to make sure it doesn’t slam.</p>