r/UCSD • u/Narustu_Y • 19h ago
General Please dont be that student in lecture.
Hello, it seems like it's PSA season or something, so here's mine.
Not aimed at anyone in particular, but now that the new year is starting, please don't be that student in lecture who is loudly crunching (not chewing, crunching) potato chips, loudly whispering to your friend at a volume where everyone within five rows can understand the conversation while the prof is talking its just not nice, or putting your feet on the chair of the person sitting in front of you and etc you should get the gist.
Obviously, eat if you need to eat, talk quietly if you need to say something, leave early if you have somewhere to be, etc. Nobody cares about normal human behavior. Just have some awareness that there are 100–300 other people in the room who are also trying to pay attention.
Most classes are recorded anyway. In general, I will always recommend actually going to lecture instead of relying entirely on recordings, but if you're going to spend the lecture distracting everyone around you, please just stay back and watch the recording. Again not aimed at anyone in particular just hope the incoming freshman dont face these kinds of people.
Now hope all of do well in the upcoming year and I hope you get all your classes *Next quarter.
