The internet is an endless source of distraction. It’s irresistible. Especially when you’re supposed to be focusing on something far more important and mundane (there’s a reason our traffic is highest during work/school hours). Hey, I don’t blame you guys. Who could focus on a powerpoint about Solvency Ratios when there are so many Hip-to-Waist Ratios demanding your attention?
But a graduate student instructor at the University of Michigan was tired of student’s eyes wandering from the lecture, so she shamed her class by posting their browser histories, compiled over the length of the semester.
What. A. Narc.
If I’m dropping $20K on an education, I can do whatever the fuck I want during class. Hell, I shouldn’t even be required to go to class (for those of you who didn’t know — class attendance is a big part of college grading these days). Maybe stop reading off Powerpoints and actually teach something we can’t just read on Blackboard or Wikipedia later. If the kids are so bored they can’t focus, that’s on the professor.
These people get it:
h/t Distractify
