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⌈ Secret Post #2669 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Non-Fandom rants

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

Alright, but surely you can understand that your university's culture is the outlier, not the norm? I see where you're coming from, if professors truly accept and encourage that, but I honestly have never heard of a uni where that was standard (not meaning your program doesn't have that culture, but that it is not standard procedure, so to speak). Clearly, I am biased by where I am coming from, and things are different where you are; nonetheless, for my university, I absolutely stand by what I said. I feel the same way about my current workplace; I think it's rude to text in a meeting, for example, or even to write unrelated emails in a meeting.

In any case, I think this whole misunderstanding is coming from the comment you originally replied to. It seems abundantly evident to me that, based on the original comment, the OP's program does not have the same texting culture that yours does. Therefore, their comment about feeling like their classmates weren't working/paying sufficient attention when they texted seems, in some sense, pretty irrelevant to your anecdote about the texting culture in your program. In most programs, texting during class is not standard and an accepted part of the classroom conversation. In yours, it is, which is fine, but that doesn't change or impact what the OP was saying, so I'm not certain what you were going for in your original comment, I guess.

Re: Non-Fandom rants

[crunchysunrises]

I've been in university programs where it's not kosher to text in class. (I think it depends on how much tech you're expected to use in class. And your college's atmosphere.)

Even there, where I didn't text, I didn't pay attention to the people who were texting or whatever. As long as they remained discreet (and tended not to take calls in class), what my classmates did (or didn't do) in class wasn't any of my business. And I'm not sure why you and the other commenter seemed to think that it's any of yours. Whatever you feel about manners, it's not in either of your spheres of control. And if the teacher cared deeply about the texting issue, he or she would have made their feelings known. If they can overlook it, then so can you.

(And how the hell do you know whether or not your workmates are writing on topic texts/e-mails in meetings? Do you have that program where your desktops are linked?)

Without looking back, I think I disliked the other commentator's assumption that the texters are necessarily not working hard or paying sufficient attention to the material. And also their assumption that life isn't a team sport, because for the most part it is. While I understand the commentator's perspective, I don't think it's necessarily accurate. (Also, I felt like arguing with strangers on the internet. Hence the reason that I answered using my log in.)