Comments on: Etiquette – an embarrassment

By: Laurie Scheniman

Laurie Scheniman — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:22:31 +0000

Connie,
You took the words right out of my mouth.
I am embarassed by the lack respect we, as a class, display. ESPECIALLY when a guest speaker has taken time out of his busy day to try to help us in our furture field. At the very least, we should be able to give him our undivided attention for an hour. And, if for some unknown reason we’re not capable of that, we should be able to sit quietly and pretend we’re listening.
I guess that’s asking a little much for a class of post-graduate students.

By: Alan Chumley

Alan Chumley — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:54:30 +0000

Connie & classmates,

I very much enjoyed my time @ Centennial.

To answer your question as to my impressions of the class: I thought, for the most part, the class was about as engaged as any other I’ve spoken to if not a bit more than the norm. I was a student once too and I recognize that measurement’s not the most fascinating subject for PR students. Very intelligent questions and great dialogue

Take care
Cheers
Alan

By: Connie Pappas

Connie Pappas — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:30:16 +0000

I am glad that I am not the only one who feels this sense of embarrassment. I’m not saying that we all aren’t human and haven’t dozed off or started to chat when we are no longer engaged with a lesson (I could only imagine what it would be like to teach our class sometimes). This is not to say that we shouldn’t be showing our instructors the same courtesy we show guest speakers – obviously this is a given. But when it is a guest – someone who has taken their time to come and visit us, the least we can do is listen.

Thank you all for your comments.

By: Karin Archer

Karin Archer — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:57:32 +0000

I’m with you Connie. I have often left classes thinking the same thing. I am not pointing fingers because of course there are those days when your head might be aching or you didn’t get enough sleep – we’ve all been there. But I can’t agree with you more about our collective reputation. A handful of people can affect the entire class. I sometimes wonder what it would be like to be teaching us on those distracted days and I would probably dread it. So, we’ve paid our bucks, made the commitment to come so let’s show that we want to be there – if not, watch daytime TV.

By: dunlopm

dunlopm — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 02:34:58 +0000

Connie, I think the whole class knows my opinion on this matter. I didn’t mean to be rude when last semester I told everyone to shut it, but “please be quiet” does not seem to work with this chatty group of people. I highly doubt that we would show this kind of disrespect during a meeting at the workplace, so why do we do it when our teachers, peers and guest speakers are talking?

By: nsecretan

nsecretan — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:04:00 +0000

That’s why I moved to the back row, so I wouldn’t hear the garrulous people behind me. It’s the PR of the self, Baby. Some people just don’t get it.

By: Rick Weiss

Rick Weiss — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:10:38 +0000

I mostly agree with you Connie. In an ideal world, we’d all sit silently and absorb everything he said. The occasional wisper, aknowledging a distraction is one thing, but when you sit typing away on a laptop or constant chatter, you’re clearly saying “I don’t care who you are or what you have to say.”