Dear lord, it's like that kid has never considered what professors have to deal with on a regular basis. It's like he's never considered that rules like "10% off the grade when caught texting" might have been put in place for his benefit. (And I seriously doubt that the grade deduction is for a first-time or mild offense.)


Also, I like how Raw W-something commented somewhere around a third of the way down the page that texting isn't distracting for other students unless they have ADD. I mean, what?! I dunno, but I always found it was super easy to be distracted by someone doing something unusual during a lecture, even when I was fully engaged with the class. Texting or websurfing ranked up there.

My favorite was this one girl who I had several classes with over a few different semesters and who would break out a water bottle in the middle of class and one of those packets of flavor/vitamin powder. She'd proceed to pour the powder into the bottle, then shake it for a good minute or two. It was so loud and obnoxious and I inevitably missed parts of the professor's lecture because of it. I was so happy when I walked by said prof's office one time and overheard the girl getting scolded about her behaviour ♥