<p><===== This guy. Seriously, they need to stop asking dumb/off topic/controversial questions that have professors go off on tangents just so you can fullfill your participation grade. You're wasting everyone else's time. Go to OH and do you butt kissing there please. Until then, here's a tissue to wipe the $*!t off of your face.</p>
<p>On a side note, to all incoming Frosh. USE THE SEARCH BUTTON, and read statement above. /end vent.</p>
<p>which major are you? which class? lol</p>
<p>Wow, angry much? Believe me, I’ve become irritated by people asking redundant/plain idiotic/off topic questions during lecture. I groan along with everyone else when another kid asks a controversial question just to grab the prof’s attention. I don’t want to have stay over the bell in lecture or for the professor to not be able to finish the lecture just because we spent the last 30 minutes on an off-topic rant. But I still think that some questions that people ask are actually incredibly interesting even if the student is just doing it to suck up. Hopefully the professor has enough foresight and knowledge to not answer completely irrelevant questions, or contain himself if he goes on a tangent. And if he doesn’t…well then I guess you’re just screwed. Also, generally the people who are brownosers are generally the ones who go to OH anyway, so I doubt they’re doing it to up their participation that much; they’re probably doing it because they’re genuinely intrigued or to stroke their own egos by asking seemly complex questions.</p>
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<p>This is soooo true. It’s always the same idiots asking “thought-provoking” questions who hog office hours and waste the professors time by asking even more pointless questions. </p>
<p>The only time its humorous is when its so painfully obvious that the student is trying to kiss ass, that the prof. is like “ummm…yeah…just talk to me about that after class”.</p>
<p>Meh, it takes balls to ask a question in a giant lecture hall. I respect them for that. If it is for a participation grade like in a small class, don’t hate on the people just doing what needs to be done. Don’t be shy. Too many people are passive aggressive about things.</p>
<p>I actually like it when people asks interesting questions. Even if they are sucking up, it gets me thinking…</p>
<p>Mech, are we perhaps in the same class?? hahaha</p>
<p>I’m not QQing, I’m RQing.</p>
<p>I feel that sometimes the answer is so obvious that it does not need to be asked. I can always go home and research it if need be. However, I feel that questions being asked are a combination to stroke their own egos of what they know and have learned as well as allowing the professor to stroke their egos with the question so that they can use the classroom as a forum to display their mastery. Participation is ambiguous and very subjective, there’s no way to really make sure you earn 100% of it. For all we know, you’re just ****ing the prof off and taking the class down with you. It’s not about being shy or not, it’s about being reserved.</p>
<p>oh you silly kids</p>
<p>Stop Qrying. Professors are a resource. Ask them questions</p>
<p>There are much more frustrating issues I have to deal in life that these annoying brown nosers are the last thing in my mind.</p>
<p>There’s a difference between being active in discussion, thoughtfully and passionately, versus brown-nosing. Honestly, discussion is good and should be encouraged.</p>
<p>There is a really obvious difference between a student is genuinely asking a question for discussion purposes and a student who is asking just to make a name for themselves. Discussion isn’t bad, but it’s annoying when it’s so painfully obvious that a student is just trying to score brownie points with the teacher.</p>
<p>^Maybe it seems like they are trying to suck up, but who are you to judge? Maybe they are genuinely interested. Professors are resources, and if I was really concerned or interested in something, I wouldn’t give a crap about the people around me. </p>
<p>I do agree that it annoying when people ask stupid questions (ones that have very obvious questions), but controversial, insightful, interesting questions are perfectly fine if the person asking them is genuinely interested. Even if they are trying to suck up, insightful questions are awesome. Maybe you’re annoyed because you don’t care about the subject/class, and you would rather leave early. (and who’s to say your questions aren’t annoying to other people?)</p>
<p>Since you can’t tell whether or not they are trying to suck up, stop being so judgmental, and stop discouraging people from being active in discussion and improving their grades.</p>
<p>^ this .</p>
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<p>It’s not really difficult to tell when someone is asking a serious question and just ********ting a question to sound insightful. </p>
<p>You act like I completely discourage class discussion when I also find them quite useful. There are MANY students who ask things which offer a unique perspective and allow everyone - including myself - to understand the class better. Sometimes, however, there are students who ask questions that come so out of left field you wonder what their motive is. Saying that they are just adding to the discussion is such horse **** because there is no reason for them to ask such loosely related questions. If that is still ambiguous criteria, another way to spot a brown noser is when even the professor is just flabbergasted - not because they don’t know they answer, but because they are wondering what the student is thinking - and just recommends them to talk about it after class. You’d think if it would add to the discussion the professor would be more than happy to answer the question or, if they are out of time and can’t talk about it, revisit the question at a later time when it is more relevant. </p>
<p>Bottom line, it is not difficult to tell the difference between sucking up and legitimately adding to the discussion.</p>
<p>I pay $20k a semester for accessability to the prof. and will ask him as many redundant and moronic questions as it takes till I get the knowledge to make an “A” on the test. </p>
<p>But I agree, I hate listening to some brown nosing assclown ask ridiculous questions just to boost their participation grade.</p>
<p>I also pay $20k a semester as well as pay taxes that subsidize people who pay instate tuition. Utilizate the professor at your own time, otherwise you’re impeding on my time (directed at brown nosers, and those who think brown nosers are allowed to waste people’s time).</p>
<p>Example, a kid asked a question, with a follow up question, and a follow up to the follow up question that had nothing to do with the lecture at hand. This is a summer course, a lot of the subject matter is thrown at your in a short amount of time and with very little opportunity to miss valuable material. The professor spends 30 minutes answering all questions. And what was the cause? He had to skip through 3 power point slides to make up for lost time, AND he never finished his thought on something that is on the ACTUAL problem set. Do whatever you need to get an A, but don’t impede on me getting one as well. 99 > 1</p>
<p>I don’t even mind the “stupid” questions. Often times I’ll have a simple question on my mind, but I won’t ask it for fear that it’s “stupid.” I usually find out after class or in discussion that many of my classmates wanted to ask the same question, because the professor did indeed forget to clarify on something.</p>
<p>I don’t think any questions are stupid…sometimes people accidentally zone out and miss something important. It happens. I always get annoyed by teachers, lecturers, or professors who give an “I REFUSE TO REPEAT MYSELF SO LISTEN UP” disclaimer. C’mon, have a heart.</p>
<p>I hate brown nosed people too.</p>
<p>That’s racist.</p>