When I left high school I was under the impression that all the petty attitudes would be left behind. That those immature and irritating boys and girls who didn’t pay attention and who just scraped a matric would decide to pursue more fruitful ventures without the need to go to a tertiary institution.
I was wrong.
Perhaps it’s just my class in particular. But I sit in lectures day after day, trying to be a good student and listen to the lecturer, yet I always manage to get distracted by the constant sniggering and whispering and giggling that drifts from the back of the room. It completely boggles me: surely if you’re paying a small fortune to go to University you’ll actually pay attention to make sure you get your money’s worth? Surely if you were going to talk and miss the entire lecture you would opt to miss coming to University that day at all? Surely lecturers should be allowed to lob light/slightly heavy objects at the nearest chattering “student”?
I understand that University life is about freedom and relaxing before hitting the “real world”. But come now, there’s a time and a place for everything. Leave the chattering and socialising for after the lecture. It’s highly distracting - for both the nerds in the front and the lecturer - to have a constant stream of inaudible blah-ing from the far extremities of the room.
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