Monday, March 29, 2010
.::. Media in Class .::.
Is it wrong of me that I found myself feeling 100% justified in texting in class last week when we were watching the BYU Game? I found myself repulsed by the fact that students found it appropriate to interrupt the lecture to "make an announcement" about the BYU game score. I was bothered by the fact that we actually stopped class on more than one occasion to watch part of the game. How is it appropriate to do that when it's not appropriate to browse facebook or any other sites during class? I just don't understand the logic here.
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Phew! hot topic! I think it comes down to a couple of things. First that most of the class, or at least a vocal minority was interested in the game and didn't object to class being interrupted. Social order is only maintained when a group insists upon order. Most of the class or what seemed like most of the class didn't mind, so the order was broken and a new more preferable one took place. Second, is it really inappropriate to text or look up other things on the computer during a class? It's probably a bit disrespectful to the professor, but at the same time that means that any time you are not paying explicit attention to the professor you are being disrespectful. I think as long as you are not bothering classmates it's probably not a problem, after all it's your education. Personally, I don't think there is anything inherently wrong with it. Although I could see how it may be annoying.
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