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That's what your phone is for.

• vlunkr 12y ago
  I had a couple of professors that didn't allow cell phone use in their classes, and it was annoying, for all the reasons the original poster listed. I can understand not letting high school students use phones, but in college you are an adult with sometimes conflicting responsibilities.
  • jcromartie 12y ago
    That's a non sequitur. If an emergency comes up, and your phone rings, you leave the room and answer it.
    • nknighthb 12y ago
      > If an emergency comes up, and your phone rings, you fail the course. Some are even known to demand everyone place their phones, very much powered off, in a box on their desk at the start of class.
      • jcromartie 12y ago
        even if it is on vibrate?
  • victorhooi 12y ago
    As other posters have said, just leave the damn room to take a call. But seriously, are you so incredibly important that you cannot spend 60 minutes listening to a lecture? This generation (and yes I know that includes me) seem to have an incredibly inflated sense of self-worth, as if they're the centre of the universe. It's like those idiots who can't stop texting in the damn movie. The world will keep spinning if you don't answer that tweet for an hour - trust me. I had this exact same argument with a friend last week when we went to a three-hatted restaurant, and she insisted she needed to check her phone every few minutes, because apparently people would "panic" if they couldn't get in touch with her via chat. Surely if you're paying $200 for a dinner, you can at least enjoy the dinner and company around you without needing to tweet every 5 minutes.
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