<html><div>As a former teacher of both high school and college, you
usually only encounter this type of behavior at the lower level. So
the way you handle this is dependent upon the rest of the class.
Since most of the rest of the class in this case is more mature, then you
will likely not lose your audience if you reprimand the individual.
Afterall, if you are annoyed by the conduct then there are others,
students that are annoyed as well. Some of these students may be
wondering why you are not taking a more assertive role in remedying the
situation. Do not wait too long, but do wait long enough for the
class to want you to intervene. This also has the added benefit of
taking a negative and turning it into a positive by telling the other
students you are not going to let one individual destroy their chance for
learning.</div>
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<div>My two cents.</div>
<div>Krzysztof</div>
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<div>At 02:06 PM 6/23/99 -0500, you wrote:</div>
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<div>>What a great place for the sharing of ideas!!!
Mistress Mari, you did a</div>
<div>>great job of explaining things in detail, especially the concept
that the</div>
<div>>instructor has the responsibility to maintain control of the
class.</div>
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<div>>Anyone else out there have any ideas on the subject?</div>
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<div>>Lady Mairi sounded like this has happened to her before.
</div>
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<div>> As a student, if I see it happening, I will gently chide the
offender and</div>
<div>>tell them to let the instructor do the teaching. </div>
<div>>Sometimes, it hits me after the class as to what
transpired. Then I</div>
<div>>approach the person and ask them if they would like to teach a
class at an</div>
<div>>Elfsea event on the topic. That either gets them out and
teaching, which</div>
<div>>gives them a respect for the other teachers, or makes them shut
up.</div>
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<div>>Either way, we can deal with them gently, to teach them the
proper classroom</div>
<div>>behavior. </div>
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<div>>Sometimes, they don't know that they are sniping, but feel that
it is an</div>
<div>>open forum for discussion, or time to tease the
instructor. When that</div>
<div>>happens, the instructor can say something to the effect that
they have a lot</div>
<div>>of material to cover in a short amount of time, but will try to
leave time</div>
<div>>open for discussion at the end of the class.</div>
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<div>>My two dinars worth,</div>
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<div>>Xene</div>
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<div>>Yi,yi,yi,yii.......</div>
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<b>Krzysztof Kopernik<br>
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