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GGIELIFE
► JACOB'S LADDER
Battal i
Mind your manners!
Refresher of classroom etiquette can prove helpi
T he weeks
follow
ing
spring break
can be daunt
ing, to say the
least. Vending
machines
once again
become the
staple food
source.
ACOB
HUVAL
countless grad students cut their
hair and pedestrians renew their
right-of-way claim — even from
under the front fender.
The terror of the remainder of
the semester can be abated for stu
dents and faculty alike, however,
by simply observing and obeying
classroom manners.
Many people believe manners
apply only to headstrong high
school, immature elementary stu
dents and non-intellectually sober,
level-headed college students who
are much too busy with hazing
one another and providing some
40,000 people with access to 20 bi
cycles made during the Great De
pression to do anything foolish.
These many people, let’s call
them “Tom,” are shamelessly
wrong. Tom does not realize that
classroom manners affect the
learning environment at the col
lege level as well.
Proper classroom manners are
simple, yet they satisfy the most
fundamental aspects of a success
ful course. Some suggestions:
Be cordial — students should
not be laughed at or ridiculed for
forgetting an assignment or trip
ping over a desk leg, unless it is
somebody else — then it is just hi
larious.
Be articulate — speak clearly
and confidently not only to fellow
pupils but also to the professor.
Above all else, be frank, because,
as already discussed, Tom is a
jerk.
It would be a crime to inform
on merely proper classroom man
ners. It would also be a crime to
stalk a humor columnist — unless
the stalker happens to be 5 feet 4
inches, shapely, athletic and en
joys long walks on the beach. Im
proper classroom manners, ex
changing cordial with contempt,
articulate with indecent, and frank
with Tom, breeds improper class
room behavior.
If and when Tom stumbles
down the stairwell or forgets his
report, the improper response
would be to jeer at his misfortune
and make a rude comment con
cerning his writing ability.
It is also improper to ridicule
failed articulation, giggling wildly
whenever one hears the words
“penal,” “election” and “intern”
used in the same phrase. Other an
noying improper classroom man
ners include placing one’s elbows
on the table while eating and fail-
harness, it is hallmark
behavior and is theref
taut to master. Somesti
the dogma that "school:
time to catch up on all
missed during springb:
That mindset is very
innately, not all studen
this belief; in fact, ma:
re Texi
\ t 1 11 1 1 *111i: w.i\s to ma.- it® made
awake easy. ) foi the f
One method requir us weekei
point pen, a cork and :r an? and a
et. There is, however,alOtf
proach. l irst. purchasea^B hnpro
to large-sized funnel, ainjts shy
chasealarge,steamiitgJpcd his .
fee. Then, whileindas$,;®p < t (1 d
funnel in the left nostn: ';I|T 0 com
ward presence of tlieBf 181 V’ca
should i ■ inm place
awake; plus, thereisnotHf have <
cup ot l oiiee to enjoy *wvc belt
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idn’t corm
iey got up
oin;; to let
Competir
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ve ever fir
st few ye£
ly sloughe
ell in the i
ing to say "excuse me” after belch
ing in class, especially if you are a
professor lecturing.
An essential part of proper
manners is the mystic art of stay
ing awake during class.
Although incredibly difficult to
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ROBERT HYNECEK liT shape bt
tired as well. Yes, thecirci 2 tter there
switchboards embedded. “We neec
the cranium someiiniei was good
some form of rejuvenation Naftanel
professors utilize the ..day with
weariness remedy of pic:
everyone before them in iht
derwear. Hi merer, this pr<
has grown rare because
prevalence of professors di
ed from their duties, tbeir
preoccupied with a single!
tion, “Who’s thekid'mihe 1
with the funnel up his no:
Despite all their efforts,
sors have an increasingly
time staying awake in cl:
way students can tell f
son leaders are losing the
if there are numerous
neons “walks.”
It would be a crime:
into the art of staying
class without mentioning
suing benefits. (It would
crime to bribe a humored
— unless the bribe happa
5 feet 4 inches, shapely,
and enjoys long walks
beach).
Staying awake in class
the benefits of ;
earned by paying devout
to one’s studies, a gi
and unending respectassj
headed, intellectually sol”
vidual.
Conversely, failure i ( j
awake deprives one of
grades, reputation and
the words of T. E. La'
“Those who dream by f>> M i un j 0 r sf
wake in the day to find ibj Mi ^ h igar ^
ity; but the dreamers of e Unjv
are the dangerous men,
may act their dream
eyes ...”
These are powerful wo«ji
student to remember whea’^
nesses his professor arh' I I
class in Big Bird jffi
bling something to the®;
“Momma likes her cookie! STAFF Al
also something for the prof 1
consider when one of his®; The No. £
nods off in class. ea p 1 entere
He should respond to' gainst the l
dent cordially, articulate!Poking to hr
frankly by saying “Mr. Ho'iis season. I
overhead projector is nota ie Tigers f
And please stop drooling tanaged to
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