Brutal cell phone policy in one of my classes

So in genetics, my professor has a no tolerance policy for cell phones. If he hears any cell phone noises of any kind he gives an on the spot pop quiz that is worth as much as a full lecture exam.

Well guess what happened today in class? LOL :mad: :spank:

Anybody else have to deal with crazy cell phone enforcement rules? Ugh......

Supposedly everyone there is an adult. Why not just punish the idiot not following the rules?

Out of simple courtesy I expect and require my students to turn their cell phones off during class. It's extremely rude to leave them on so the class is disrupted with their stupid ring tones. I don't have a policy like your professor, but I'd consider doing something (like requiring some assignment) to the owner (not the whole class) if their phone ringing got out of hand. Maybe he figures the other class members will lean on their classmates to keep their phones turned off.

why the f*** do students need their cell phones turned on during class?

:shrug:

but you know sh*t happens every now and then and people forget, etc

personally i never take my cell phone to class ever

and sometimes after a 10 hour workday i may forget to turn my cell phone off. i dont think its the end of the world.

he should have some sort of sign posted on the door, when you enter, reminding all the students to put their cell phones in silence mode. It's really not too hard and he's certainly within his rights, as a professor, to expect silence as he's teaching.

The pop quiz thing is to show he means what he says. He's gotta make his point somehow.

I bet it won't happen again anytime soon.

it's common courtesy. Turn if off, put it on silent mode, what ever, but to disrupt class with a cell phone is not only rude and disrespectful to the teacher, but to the other students that are trying to get an education. JMHO....:hi:

that's why it's a no-brainer, in my book, to remind them. In today's fast-paced society, our attention spans are very short. Stuff is forgotten as soon as it's communicated.

Case in point: When you go to the movies, before they actually start the film, we are reminded no less than 4 or 5 times to "silence your cell phone now". It's actually a bit ridiculous, but amazingly, peoples' phones STILL manage to go off during the movie! :eyes:

Yes, "rude and disrespectful", indeed.

I fully agree, it should be common courtesy. However everywhere I go, doctors waiting rooms, courts, govt offices, banks, etc, there are signs asking people to please turn off their cells.
And what do you hear, peoples cell phones going off.

because he spent a good deal of time warning us the first day

there are also about 100 people in the class, which makes it very likely someone is going to forget to turn their cell phone off

and stay in the class are aware of the policy.

Take the person to the most public area on campus, put him or her in stocks, have an incessantly ringing phone next to them for a few hours, and maybe a few baskets of tomatoes for people to try out their throwing arms.

I hear Master Mather recommended this punishment for Goody Smith when she erred last week on the Sabbath.

:P

If I was a college prof, I would tell my students on the first day that all cell phones must be shut off during the class. If I heard a ringtone during the lecture, I would immediately announce a pop quiz that counted as much as a regular exam. Peer pressure works wonders. After one offence, all cell phone problems would magically dissapear. I don't get why people just don't understand that if you make a quick example of some stuped sucker, then lots of problems vanish - POOF!

Yes, people forget, but guess what? Forgetting something can have consequences.

Bet they don't forget twice.

At least at the local college classes are not nearly as important as cell phones.

I'm just glad that i got all my edjumacatin' done long before cell phones became an issue.

Hell, I would fail you for even having one in your possession.

MZr7

to get your ass kicked by a classroom full of other students.

I think your prof is a genius.

I carry a cellphone but it's really just for emergencies. I can get through an hour -- even two! -- without having to be constantly connected to another person. I always turn it off religiously, though, in church, in meetings, in any place that it shouldn't be on. Only once did I forget to turn it off -- and it rang while I was in line at a funeral home waiting to talk to a business friend who had just lost her husband to a heart attack. I have never been so embarrassed in my life.

I think the prof's policy is good. Whoever said there are consequences for forgetting -- I agree with you.

or than a cell phone on vibrate and the student gets up and walks out of class to answer the call. My syllabus tells students to turn of phones and to remove headsets when they enter my class. Most do. The ones who don't are asked to leave and are not allowed to make up work from that class--all stated in my syllabus. The students sign a statement of agreement to my syllabus on the first day of class if they want to stay in my class, stating that they have read my syllabus and agree to abide by the policies stated therein.

It's ridiculous that the whole class should be disrupted because a few students think that their phone calls are more important than a lecture that I took hours or days to compose.

I agree with this prof's policy. Mine isn't as brutal. But I bet he doesn't have repeat offenders.

Not sure that was the best deterrent, but I thought it was kind of cool

...is the response: stuff the phone down your pants.

Nothing is as stupid as collective punishment. One person messes up? You all suffer. Yeah, that's both fair and wise :sarcasm:

The best cell phone policy was from my "Canadian Foreign Policy" professor. He said that if anybody's phone rang, he would just assume that it was the spirit of William Lyon McKenzie King (who believed strongly in communing with the dead) trying to contact the class. Whenever someone's phone rang, the prof would say something like "you there? What's McKenzie got to say?" Kind of a nice way to shut down the offending party.

Really emphasizes off the impotence of the professor, doesn't it? Particularly the academic standards that depend on his tantrums?