Classroom etiquette should be a priority for all students

As the first week of classes comes to a close, we are now to the stage where we are discovering if we like our classes, teachers and classmates or if we made a

huge mistake enrolling in a particular class.
I’m not sure about the rest of you, but sometimes my classmates drive me crazy. These people are what we will now be referring to as “tools,” — yes, tools, kind of like a jerk but a little worse.

A tool refers to the annoying guy or girl who is unaware of their ridiculous behavior, but of course, everyone else in the class IS aware of it. According to the top submission on Urban Dictionary, a tool is­—”One who lacks the mental capacity to know he is being used. A fool. A cretin.”

A great example would be the people who think they know everything and insist on arguing their point with the teacher. My favorite part of that is when the teacher more or less tells them they are wrong and can talk after class if they would still like to argue. It makes me giggle because that person made himself or herself look like a tool in front of 30 or so people.

Not quite as irritating, but still possessing of tool-like qualities, are the people who bring their lunch to class with them. I get it, I’ve eaten in class before but seriously, it’s kind of gross when you’re trying to learn about the Pythagorean theorem and someone is eating Taco Bell and the nasty smell is lingering in the air. Pay attention the next time a classmate brings their lunch to class. You will smell whatever they are eating for the rest of the class and it will most likely make you nauseous.

And don’t even get me started on the people who take every advantage to speak up in class. For example, when the teacher says something that reminds a student of something in their life and they decide to share it with the whole class. Most people are here to learn, not to listen to some random lady or dude talk about something that is essentially irrelevant to our learning process.
In terms of disrespecting the teacher, stop talking to your BFF in the corner. Everyone can hear you and we know exactly what and whom you are talking about. And no, so-and-so does not like you. Grow up, people.

Sometimes it seems like teachers have a hard time controlling students texting during class. Let’s be honest, people are going to text no matter what. But it is really disrespectful to the instructor and the rest of the students so we should all be more considerate about this.

Classroom etiquette is a great thing to practice. We all should try to put ourselves in someone else’s shoes.If you’re popping your gum, the person next to you is most likely annoyed but you might not even have noticed. Try to think of the situation from their perspective and you might mature a little in the process.