Annoying Questions During Lecture... SMH

[FunnyCurrent]

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"Has anyone ever killed someone due to a REM disorder? I mean what if you did? I bet you would get in trouble. Would they prosecute that?"

For the love of god people please stop.

Any golden ones you care to share?

 

[Aclamity]

*student points to unfamiliar word on slide*

"What does THAT mean?"

...ever heard of google?

 

[Ghost22]

It's always the same people.

The groaning in the classroom when these people open their yapper comes from almost every corner and we've only just begun 2nd year.

 

[Mass Effect]

*student points to unfamiliar word on slide*

"What does THAT mean?"

...ever heard of google?

If that word is important to the meaning of the slide/lecture, then it's a legitimate question.

 

[Wordead]

If that word is important to the meaning of the slide/lecture, then it's a legitimate question.

....not really. Just look it up on google. Everyone has their laptops. There's no reason to stop the lecture to baby peoples ****ty vocabularies.

In 2 years of lectures, I'd guess about 2% of the questions were actually useful to anybody except the one person asking the question.

 

[Mass Effect]

....not really. Just look it up on google. Everyone has their laptops. There's no reason to stop the lecture to baby peoples ****ty vocabularies.

In 2 years of lectures, I'd guess about 2% of the questions were actually useful to anybody except the one person asking the question.

Not everyone brings their laptop to lecture. I never brought mine nor did I have my Smartphone. Besides, I was talking more about someone who did read the "googled" definition of the word and couldn't apply it to the lecture.

 

[Wordead]

If it's read the definition and couldn't apply it, sure, that's a good time to ask the question.

If they didn't bring their laptop or phone to lecture, well, there's no reason to slow everyone else down because one person couldn't get their crap together. The crux of the matter isn't the questions - it's that you're slowing EVERYONE down to ask your one question that doesn't benefit anybody else. Ask your question after class is over.

 

[sanityonleave]

If that word is important to the meaning of the slide/lecture, then it's a legitimate question.

Not everyone brings their laptop to lecture. I never brought mine nor did I have my Smartphone. Besides, I was talking more about someone who did read the "googled" definition of the word and couldn't apply it to the lecture.

No. It's not. Do your best to figure out the answer from context clues, and if those + the definition don't seem to help, ask after class.

It's extremely rare that it's appropriate to ask a question during lecture. I'd say once in every 20 lecture hours or so a lecturer misspeaks or truly confuses a point to the extent that it's appropriate to raise your hand and ask for clarification for the whole class.

In order to ask a question in lecture, you should be reasonably confident that more than 50% of your classmates have the exact same question. Otherwise, ask it after/between classes. No exceptions.

 

[Mass Effect]

If it's read the definition and couldn't apply it, sure, that's a good time to ask the question.

If they didn't bring their laptop or phone to lecture, well, there's no reason to slow everyone else down because one person couldn't get their crap together. The crux of the matter isn't the questions - it's that you're slowing EVERYONE down to ask your one question that doesn't benefit anybody else. Ask your question after class is over.

While I agree to an extent, it depends on the lecture. If it's a professor you know is going to run over, then yes, ask after class. But if it's a lecture you know will end early, I see no problem with people asking legitimate questions during class. I say that because when you go to a professor after class, it's sometimes difficult to reference one slide in the context of the professor's lecture (unless the professor strictly reads the slides and doesn't lecture).

By the way, it's not that I couldn't get my crap together that I didn't bring a laptop or smartphone. It's that I find it incredibly rude to the professor to be surfing the Internet during lectures. When I'm in lecture, I'm there to listen and learn (and no, I wasn't usually the one asking questions -- 99% of the time, I waited until after class), not to check FB or post status updates about this lecture or that.

No. It's not. Do your best to figure out the answer from context clues, and if those + the definition don't seem to help, ask after class.

It's extremely rare that it's appropriate to ask a question during lecture. I'd say once in every 20 lecture hours or so a lecturer misspeaks or truly confuses a point to the extent that it's appropriate to raise your hand and ask for clarification for the whole class.

In order to ask a question in lecture, you should be reasonably confident that more than 50% of your classmates have the exact same question. Otherwise, ask it after/between classes. No exceptions.

It's the "no exceptions" part -- bolded -- that makes your reply unreasonable. I'm sorry, but your opinion is not the only one that matters. Yes, there are some students who repeatedly ask pointless questions or the ones who always ask hypotheticals, but legitimate questions about lecture material shouldn't be a problem. In fact, most professors WANT questions. Many of my professors would stop lecture just to ask if there were any questions and as long as we weren't in danger of going over, I had no problem with that whatsoever.

 

[Tygacil]

Obviously mass effect is the guy asking these questions in class

 

[JokerMD]

asdf

 

[calvnandhobbs68]

It's the "no exceptions" part -- bolded -- that makes your reply unreasonable. I'm sorry, but your opinion is not the only one that matters. Yes, there are some students who repeatedly ask pointless questions or the ones who always ask hypotheticals, but legitimate questions about lecture material shouldn't be a problem. In fact, most professors WANT questions. Many of my professors would stop lecture just to ask if there were any questions and as long as we weren't in danger of going over, I had no problem with that whatsoever.

Except of course these people always decide that this is the best time to ask questions...

 

[docnotsopc]

Obviously mass effect is the guy asking these questions in class

👍

 

[FunnyCurrent]

"Has anyone ever killed someone due to a REM disorder? I mean what if you did? I bet you would get in trouble. Would they prosecute that?"

For the love of god people please stop.

Any golden ones you care to share?

Bump

 

[mimelim]

If that word is important to the meaning of the slide/lecture, then it's a legitimate question.

No, it is not. Contrary to popular opinion, there is a such thing as a stupid question. If you can easily look something up on your own, you should not be asking it, this is especially true in class.

If a lecturer consistently uses words that people don't know/understand, then they are a poor lecturer. But the reality is that most students, including medical students do not adequately or appropriately prepare for class which is where these questions stem from.

Once you get into the wards, those kind of questions are generally not tolerated. A nice resident/attending will say, "Why don't you look that up and give a presentation on it in a couple days?" Others will say, there is a great chapter in Schwartz that talks about this, you should read it. This is a fairly universal response. I know very few attendings who aren't very open for questions and helping students. But they are fairly uniform in turfing the stupid questions that can easily be looked up.

 

[Mass Effect]

No, it is not. Contrary to popular opinion, there is a such thing as a stupid question. If you can easily look something up on your own, you should not be asking it, this is especially true in class.

False. When students are paying $200,000 for an education, they have a right to ask anything that directly relates to what the professor is saying. Looking up a question after lecture is not the same as understanding the lecture as it's going on.

Once you get into the wards, those kind of questions are generally not tolerated.

Give me a break. Questions aren't tolerated on the wards by residents too arrogant to answer them. Most residents who truly want to teach will "tolerate" such questions. After all, that's part of their job.

A nice resident/attending will say, "Why don't you look that up and give a presentation on it in a couple days?" Others will say, there is a great chapter in Schwartz that talks about this, you should read it. This is a fairly universal response. I know very few attendings who aren't very open for questions and helping students. But they are fairly uniform in turfing the stupid questions that can easily be looked up.

So you decide a question is stupid without even knowing what the question is? Yeah, you're a peach. If I don't understand what a word means and you're trying to carry on a conversation with me about it, I'm not going to nod my head and pretend. My ego's not that big. When I don't know something, I admit it and I ask questions. And just because you're a resident, it doesn't mean you're not a teacher. Residents who can't be bothered to teach are the ones getting the bad evals from the students. Maybe something to keep in mind.

 

[Gut Shot]

"Has anyone ever killed someone due to a REM disorder? I mean what if you did? I bet you would get in trouble. Would they prosecute that?"

For the love of god people please stop.

Any golden ones you care to share?

Wow, I remember back when I was in medical school and had real problems, like people asking questions.

 

[Perrotfish]

the stupid questions get even worse third year when you're on the wards

I don't blame people for that. They're trying to look smart/interested for their evals. There are no evals from the lecture hall.

 

[mimelim]

False. When students are paying $200,000 for an education, they have a right to ask anything that directly relates to what the professor is saying. Looking up a question after lecture is not the same as understanding the lecture as it's going on.

Sorry, but most people don't share your sense of entitlement. How much you pay for school is irrelevant. You are wasting your professor's time, your classmate's time and your own time interrupting lectures to simply get the definition of a word that you don't understand. Again, there are lectures and lecturers that are just plain bad. But the vast majority of the time people have this sense of entitlement that since you are paying for school everyone is supposed to spoon feed you.

Give me a break. Questions aren't tolerated on the wards by residents too arrogant to answer them. Most residents who truly want to teach will "tolerate" such questions. After all, that's part of their job.

I would appreciate you not responding to things that I don't say. No where did I use the general "questions". For someone that gets on people for reading comprehension, this is especially appreciated. No where did I ever indicate that residents don't or shouldn't answer questions. I simply stated that there are questions that get deflected by residents that are easily answered by reading. The mark of a good resident is someone who is willing to spend their time helping medical students learn. Spoon feeding you because you can't study on your own is very counter productive. I'm sorry, but it is not a resident's job to hold your hand. If you are truly so self centered that your tuition entitles you to attendings and residents waiting on you, there really isn't much that anyone can do for you.

So you decide a question is stupid without even knowing what the question is? Yeah, you're a peach. If I don't understand what a word means and you're trying to carry on a conversation with me about it, I'm not going to nod my head and pretend. My ego's not that big. When I don't know something, I admit it and I ask questions. And just because you're a resident, it doesn't mean you're not a teacher. Residents who can't be bothered to teach are the ones getting the bad evals from the students. Maybe something to keep in mind.

I repeat, please do not respond to things that people simply do not say. No where have I indicated or implied that a question is stupid without knowing what the question is. Given the brevity of my post and the fact that you can't seem to understand it, I will make it simple and logic it out for you. The statement, "there is a such thing as a stupid question" is in no way equivalent to "all questions are stupid". The fact that you can not grasp this concept is astounding.


Just as an aside, I TAed intro Physics for 3 years in undergrad and was by far the most effective requiring a doubling of my office hours to accommodate the number of people who wanted help. I spent virtually every Saturday of my time in medical school teaching suture workshops and running basic skills labs. Served on multiple education/curriculum committees, developing question banks etc. etc. What is my point? I am a surgical resident. I have an ego. But, I have spent the better part of the last 7 years teaching and developing educational tools in Science and Education. Just because people have egos does not mean that they are mean, or poor teachers. Do not insult people because your sense of entitlement is staggering. Some of us dedicate our lives toward the improvement of medical education. Do not spit on us because we tell you to do your homework before expecting someone to invest time an energy trying to teach you.

 

[JokerMD]

asdf

 

[mimelim]

obvious troll is obvious. Back to real life.

 

[alpinism]

"Has anyone ever killed someone due to a REM disorder? I mean what if you did? I bet you would get in trouble. Would they prosecute that?"

For the love of god people please stop.

Any golden ones you care to share?

Anatomy lecture on female reproductive systems, student raises her hand and shouts out in the middle of the prof talking:

stud: Professor!!?

prof: Yes

stud: Can you use your laser pointer and show us where the G-spot is?

prof: excuse me?

stud: The G-spot!! you know like in the vagina, where is it?? (giggle, giggle) I really want to know exactly where it is!!

prof: I don't think that's relevant to class

stud: Well I heard there is a surgical procedure called a "G-spot amplification" where you can make it like twice as big and more sensitve (makes hand motions in the air showing G-spot getting bigger). I was just wondering if like you know exactly how its done?

prof: I've never heard of that

stud: Really!? Well like you should look it up and let us know cause I think its important information

prof: um ok

True story🙄

 

[pseudosquam]

Sometimes I ask questions in class to show that I'm engaged with what is being taught. For example questions like "I was reading .... is this true?" or show my interest by attempting to make inferences and asking if said inference is correct or appropriate.

It's not a bad thing. It means you're a good student.

 

[Smokemont]

Makes you seem like a douche but think whatever you want

👍

Don't be that guy.

 

[pseudosquam]

w/e. I think questions are great. Most of the time the question you may have are also present in other students' minds. Maybe some students simply are not thinking or engaged and will benefit from it as well.

Makes you seem like a douche but think whatever you want

I have heard a pretty funny question before. We were discussing the role of Melatonin as it relates to sexual behavior of some animals. The student raised their hand and said

student: "Is that why black guys have larger genitalia? They have more meletonin because of their dark skin?"

Prof: *shocked* No.... and their skin is darker because of their melanin.

EDIT: Calvin and Smoke. You two have such bad attitudes. You're squandering a lot of opportunity so you will "fit in" or act according to some slacker mold you've made for yourselves. It's okay to be your own man now - you're an adult. Who cares if the popular kids think you're a "douche".

 

[deleted127837]

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[greatnt249]

False. When students are paying $200,000 for an education, they have a right to ask anything that directly relates to what the professor is saying. Looking up a question after lecture is not the same as understanding the lecture as it's going on.

As someone who is paying $200,000 for an education, I feel it is my right to not have the lecture I am watching broken up because someone couldn't save their asinine question until after lecture. It's called being considerate of others.

 

[Mass Effect]

As someone who is paying $200,000 for an education, I feel it is my right to not have the lecture I am watching broken up because someone couldn't save their asinine question until after lecture. It's called being considerate of others.

Unless someone is asking a hypothetical or just trying to show off (which I agree is inconsiderate), there's no reason that a question should affect the strength of the lecture or rob the lecturer or students of more than 30 seconds.

 

[greatnt249]

Sometimes I ask questions in class to show that I'm engaged with what is being taught. For example questions like "I was reading .... is this true?" or show my interest by attempting to make inferences and asking if said inference is correct or appropriate.

It's not a bad thing. It means you're a good student.

If you're truly doing this because you're a good student, then feel free to shoot the crap with your professors AFTER lecture is over. Otherwise, you're being a douche.

 

[Cali2]

So, I agree that we all hate the student who just *has* to ask a question in that last 10 minutes of a lecture running late. And most of us probably hate the student who asks the 'let me share my brilliant inference or outside reading with the class instead of letting them listen to the actual lecturer' questions.

Other than that, I think questions are fair game - the whole reason you actually go to lecture instead of watching recordings is so that you will have the opportunity to ask questions (triaged for during versus after lecture). If you are so bothered by questions, you should do what many before me on this thread say they do and just stay home and fast forward through the questions on the lecture recordings.

 

[Slack3r]

Sometimes I ask questions in class to show that I'm engaged with what is being taught. For example questions like "I was reading .... is this true?" or show my interest by attempting to make inferences and asking if said inference is correct or appropriate.

It's not a bad thing. It means you're a good student.

So you ask questions to confirm that the information written in your textbook is correct? That absolutely makes you look like a douche.

 

[VisionaryTics]

Sometimes I ask questions in class to show that I'm engaged with what is being taught. For example questions like "I was reading .... is this true?" or show my interest by attempting to make inferences and asking if said inference is correct or appropriate.

It's not a bad thing. It means you're a good student.

-edit- see below

 

[45408]

So you decide a question is stupid without even knowing what the question is? Yeah, you're a peach. If I don't understand what a word means and you're trying to carry on a conversation with me about it, I'm not going to nod my head and pretend. My ego's not that big. When I don't know something, I admit it and I ask questions.

And if it's something that can be easily looked up, then you're pretty likely to be told "Why don't you look that up?" If it's early in the year, I'll tell you that this is the sort of thing you should look up on your own, give you tips on how to avoid being told "why don't you look that up," and then give the answer.

And just because you're a resident, it doesn't mean you're not a teacher. Residents who can't be bothered to teach are the ones getting the bad evals from the students. Maybe something to keep in mind.

Remember that one resident who got fired because all the students gave him bad evals?

Me neither.

Sometimes I ask questions in class to show that I'm engaged with what is being taught. For example questions like "I was reading .... is this true?" or show my interest by attempting to make inferences and asking if said inference is correct or appropriate.

It's not a bad thing. It means you're a good student.

No, it means you want everyone around you (including the professor) to know that you think you're a good student.

So, I agree that we all hate the student who just *has* to ask a question in that last 10 minutes of a lecture running late. And most of us probably hate the student who asks the 'let me share my brilliant inference or outside reading with the class instead of letting them listen to the actual lecturer' questions.

Other than that, I think questions are fair game - the whole reason you actually go to lecture instead of watching recordings is so that you will have the opportunity to ask questions (triaged for during versus after lecture). If you are so bothered by questions, you should do what many before me on this thread say they do and just stay home and fast forward through the questions on the lecture recordings.

This is all completely fair and reasonable.

 

[Mass Effect]

Remember that one resident who got fired because all the students gave him bad evals?

Me neither.

No one said anything about a resident getting fired. No one's threatening firing or anything of the sort. My point was simply that the residents well-liked by the students tend to be those who actually teach.

 

[genswim24]

No one said anything about a resident getting fired. No one's threatening firing or anything of the sort. My point was simply that the residents well-liked by the students tend to be those who actually teach.

I could care less if a resident teaches. My favorite residents are the ones that don't keep me around the hospital after all the work that I can help with is done. Having that extra time allows me to go home and study on my own more efficiently. If a resident teaches, that is great, but doesn't really change my opinion on them.

 

[theseeker4]

"Has anyone ever killed someone due to a REM disorder? I mean what if you did? I bet you would get in trouble. Would they prosecute that?"

For the love of god people please stop.

Any golden ones you care to share?

The most annoying one I have heard in my first week is someone who asked the exact same question asked and answered less than five minutes before. Either pay attention, or don't interrupt the class.

 

[michaelrack]

"Has anyone ever killed someone due to a REM disorder? I mean what if you did? I bet you would get in trouble. Would they prosecute that?"?

1. Yes (although at times it can be difficult to distinguish between REM sleep behavior disorder and sleepwalking)

2 and 3. Yes it would be prosecuted; conviction is not a certainty.

 

[tiedyeddog]

Sometimes I ask questions in class to show that I'm engaged with what is being taught. For example questions like "I was reading .... is this true?" or show my interest by attempting to make inferences and asking if said inference is correct or appropriate.

It's not a bad thing. It means you're a good student.

Is this a joke?

 

[Cmaster]

"Has anyone ever killed someone due to a REM disorder? I mean what if you did? I bet you would get in trouble. Would they prosecute that?"

For the love of god people please stop.

Any golden ones you care to share?

During my first year, I use to get annoyed when certain individuals in my class would asks random-off the wall questions, but now as a 2nd yr I'm immune to it, I dont even hear them anymore.

 

[FunnyCurrent]

During my first year, I use to get annoyed when certain individuals in my class would asks random-off the wall questions, but now as a 2nd yr I'm immune to it, I dont even hear them anymore.

I get annoyed when they take up my time and I have to fastforward on the podcast.

 

[Brotato]

You get annoyed too easily. You sit at home and listen to the lectures and you still get annoyed because someone who actually went to class dared to ask a question?

Lol. Good point. Then again, being stressed out will make people get ticked off about anything & everything.

 

[sanityonleave]

You get annoyed too easily. You sit at home and listen to the lectures and you still get annoyed because someone who actually went to class dared to ask a question?

No, I get annoyed because we had mandatory attendance and they took up my precious time asking stupid questions.

Thank god for third year -- asking a stupid question of an attending just gets your resident pimped and you a lecture about how you should read more.

 

[Cmaster]

You get annoyed too easily. You sit at home and listen to the lectures and you still get annoyed because someone who actually went to class dared to ask a question?

lol, yea, there is really that can really be done to stop your classmates from expressing their curiosity. All you can do, is chill and wait for the lecture/important material to resume.

 

[Ghost22]

You get annoyed too easily. You sit at home and listen to the lectures and you still get annoyed because someone who actually went to class dared to ask a question?

As though going to class is some badge of honor?

Honest to god, we had a question from one of the non-trads during repro that began with:

"After my c-section..."

 

[Slade]

My friend and I came up with a way to cope with all the question .... (as we refer to them). We invented a game we referred to as Horse. We would each pick a "horse," and get 1 point for every question from our "horse." Winner got nothing, but I'm sure you could invent prizes (ie. beer). It certainly made the questions more tolerable.

 

[Mass Effect]

No, I get annoyed because we had mandatory attendance and they took up my precious time asking stupid questions.

That question wasn't directed at you.

As though going to class is some badge of honor?

No one said it was a badge of honor, but I think there are more important things to "be annoyed by" than having to huff through a question from someone who actually attends while watching lectures in your PJs from the comfort of your own home.

I mean, really, we don't live in the world alone. Unless your school or your professor puts a ban on questions, I don't get this mentality of "I don't like questions so no one has a right to ask them, even when they attend class!" Obviously, the hypothetical ones or ones asked about individual cases should wait until after class, but a question about the slide itself is fair game, imo.

 

[Brotato]

That question wasn't directed at you.



No one said it was a badge of honor, but I think there are more important things to "be annoyed by" than having to huff through a question from someone who actually attends while watching lectures in your PJs from the comfort of your own home.

I mean, really, we don't live in the world alone. Unless your school or your professor puts a ban on questions, I don't get this mentality of "I don't like questions so no one has a right to ask them, even when they attend class!" Obviously, the hypothetical ones or ones asked about individual cases should wait until after class, but a question about the slide itself is fair game, imo.

👍 When you have the luxury of fast forwarding, it's silly to get annoyed at small things like that.

 

[FunnyCurrent]

My friend and I came up with a way to cope with all the question b*tches (as we refer to them). We invented a game we referred to as Horse. We would each pick a "horse," and get 1 point for every question from our "horse." Winner got nothing, but I'm sure you could invent prizes (ie. beer). It certainly made the questions more tolerable.

This is brilliant. I will do this from now on... Imma win me some beer!!!

Hustler!

 

[FunnyCurrent]