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Originally Posted by Rose3
I apologize for asking about this, but is there some way to get a message to loud gum-chewers who sit either beside one or behind one, and who keep cracking their gum-chewing during class lectures (that they are annoying and hopefully will stop doing this)?
This is happening in one of my classes, and it is so rude and irritating to hear this gum-cracking during class, coming from one person.
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theres a lot of problems in the news about how angry students end up doing such things as violently acting out on college grounds against their fellow students and professors. the colleges around here address it by holding seminars and having a saying /rule among college students and professors around here where I live and work -
you cant change others but you can control your self. if you're having a problem with the class, its material, the instructor or classmates bring the problem to the instructor before, or after class and the instructor will be glad to help.
When I have this problem in class I make a point of being the last one out of the room and then discuss the situation with the instructor.. I explain the problem to the instructor then the instructor makes a public generalized statement about food/drink/gum and candy in the class addressed to the whole class. this way the offending student isnt being confronted in ways that the offending student may become offended, upset or consider rudeness by their fellow students. Then if the offending behavior continues it is the instructor that pulls the offending student aside and lets them know they are breaking one of their class rules.
besides the fact that this approach is less rude and offensive its also a part of college life.. theres no way to please everyone. but it is the instructors job to make sure all students have an equal opportunity to learn even if it is to settle problems with a gum smacker so that others can concentrate on the classwork.