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I am no longer going to be able to focus during class, but this is just too fun.

I used to faux cuss in class all the time. Teachers don't like it when you drop an f-bomb, but they're cool with friggin'.

We had wireless at my school but I never took advantage. For one, I didn't want to lug around my laptop. I was lucky if I even brought my book or paper. Also, I didn't want to be tempted to be distracted. If I made the effort to go to class I was going to focus on the subject matter. Otherwise I would just stay home. The only times I took advantage was to sweat some of the playoff games in 05 and 06 when I absolutely had to be in class.

I wondered why no one cared when I lectured with a sock puppet.

My law school was wireless, and actually required all students to buy a laptop. The theory: this will help them take notes on class lectures! The outcome of the experiment: everyone was on the internet, at all times. At one point we had a chat room, during class, that had about 40 of the 50 students in it. Most of the time, you'd see every computer visiting a different website during class. It was the perfect anti-educational tool.

heyzeus wrote:My law school was wireless, and actually required all students to buy a laptop. The theory: this will help them take notes on class lectures! The outcome of the experiment: everyone was on the internet, at all times. At one point we had a chat room, during class, that had about 40 of the 50 students in it. Most of the time, you'd see every computer visiting a different website during class. It was the perfect anti-educational tool.

I had to buy this laptop for my grad school, yep.

I've heard stories of the IM chats during class. They can be quite epic.

Cronos69 wrote:

heyzeus wrote:My law school was wireless, and actually required all students to buy a laptop. The theory: this will help them take notes on class lectures! The outcome of the experiment: everyone was on the internet, at all times. At one point we had a chat room, during class, that had about 40 of the 50 students in it. Most of the time, you'd see every computer visiting a different website during class. It was the perfect anti-educational tool.

I had to buy this laptop for my grad school, yep.

I've heard stories of the IM chats during class. They can be quite epic.

That's exactly how my law school experience went as well. Though I did appreciate the ability to type out my notes for class. I tried to stay off AIM as much as possible during class, but would do my fair share of posting on GRB during class.

AIM chat rooms were pretty epic, and made it a lot easier for my idiot classmates to play "The Word Game" in class. Too bad they were 1-really really bad at it, and 2-would laugh uncontrollably when someone actually used the word in class, making it blatantly obvious what was going on.

sighyoung wrote:I wondered why no one cared when I lectured with a sock puppet.

Wireless must be killing the concept of lecture courses. That may not be a bad thing in the long run.

Me + Mobile Internet = The end of the world.

And a much higher post count on GRB. You guys are in trouble.