Observation 1

As mentioned in my last post, technology can easily be a distraction, not just to yourself but to others as well. In my last class of the day, art history there is a girl who sits next to me, and 3 guys who sit directly in front of me.  They all constantly get text's throughout the entire period of the class.  It's not loud enough so that the instructor at the front of the room could hear, but definitely distracting nonetheless.  There isn't more than 3 minutes between each message; constantly there is a phone vibrating and constantly they stop paying attention to the lecture(assuming they were paying attention before) to check and reply to their newly received message.  I counted over 24 times JUST from the girl next to me during class, was probably closer to 30 except I was actually paying attention to the lecture and may have missed a few.  The teacher probably noticed a few of them, but realized the futility of asking them to stop.

                                                  Image taken from the internet, not by me
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  While that class wasn't the only one that had students not paying attention, it definitely was the worst.  In Logic there is an occasional vibrate and the rare song that is accompanied by the quiet swear under the breath as they realize that they forgot to turn their phone to vibrate.  Fortunately it's a rare exception as the the teacher scares most of us, myself included. Sometimes I just wish people would grow up and learn some respect, unfortunately it would seem as though my request falls on mainly deaf ears.

              Taken from Youtube, thankfully it seems to be fake and the student volunteered to set an example.