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beccastareyes
2010-01-17 08:13 pm UTC (link)

Plus, for that matter, there are plenty of services that one pays for that do not give carte blanche for all behaviors (or all legal behaviors). If I fly on an airplane, but show up drunk as a skunk and make an ass of myself at the gate*, the airlines can refuse to carry me and refuse a refund. In general, if one behaves in a disruptive manner**, one can be asked to quit it or leave, even if one is paying for a service.

* Or even buy a separate seat for my Giant Bag of Doom that violates carry-on rules, and insist I can just strap it in with the seat belt.

** And if the professor notices you doing something, then it's probably disruptive.

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	rimrunner 2010-01-18 03:36 am UTC (link)
	And we notice a LOT more than students realize. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	jat_sapphire 2010-01-18 10:15 pm UTC (link)
	Really. One class tempted me to haul them up to the front of the class one by one to demonstrate that the clever hiding behavior at the back of the class might as well have been at my desk. I wish I had done it, now. (Reply to this)(Parent)

snarkhunter
2010-01-20 01:37 am UTC (link)

God, no kidding. I never realized how *un*subtle students are until I was at the front of the classroom.

Of course, none of my students have ever topped my all-time favorite Stupid Classmate Trick. When I was a senior in college, there was a girl who slept through our English class every afternoon, with her head nestled into her own breasts. It was really fascinating, and my friends and I still talk about her to this day. I mean, how do you even get your boobs to DO that?

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	aperture 2010-01-20 01:57 am UTC (link)
	It's uh...not as hard as it sounds for some of us... (Reply to this)(Parent)

	snarkhunter 2010-01-20 01:35 am UTC (link)
	Or even buy a separate seat for my Giant Bag of Doom that violates carry-on rules, and insist I can just strap it in with the seat belt. Please tell me you've seen someone do that. It would make my day. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	beccastareyes 2010-01-20 02:18 am UTC (link)
	I have not. Though if people think that the price of a seat is worth it... (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ataralas 2010-01-23 10:52 pm UTC (link)
	My former roommate would do that for her cello. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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