Most Annoying Student Behaviors

hyperJulie
Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:41:39 +0000

buriedalie- That girl reminded me of something that happened in my class a couple of days ago. The instructions on the midterm clearly stated to choose the best answer. On the question, there were two answers that were both technically correct, but one was more specific to the phenomenon described in the question, and thus correct.

This know-it-all kid who sits next to me, who came in bragging about how he didn’t study for the test, started arguing with the professor about how he should get the points for that question because the answer he put was technically right. After redirecting him to the instructions that told us to choose the best answer several times, the professor finally concluded with, “Well, if you had STUDIED, you probably would have gotten the question right,” and ended with that. Love that professor.

I also echo those who have mentioned people in classes who try to argue pedantic points to sound smart. I also had philosophy with the guy I just mentioned, and he did that all of the time. The funny thing is how completely oblivious he is to how clearly annoyed the professors were, in both classes.