Public Enemy #1

[TTSD]

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Who is public enemy #1 in your class? I'm sure every class has their idiot that everyone loves to hate and would love to jump in the middle of the night.

Ours is a guy who obviously asks a lot of questions to get the professors attention. But he asks the most inane **** in a know it all manner that you just want to smack him upside of the head and give him a book. One day, the professor just asked, "why don't you read the syllabus?" Then the other day the professor very pointedly ignored his raised hand. That made my day.

 

[Giving My .02]

There are those same individuals in every class I believe. He have a handful, and they ask enough questions where I could almost guarantee a BINGO everyday, if I was playing. At least your professors seem to be controlling the problem.

(I've heard of people making a bingo card of the class directory and marking a person if they ask a question in class. I figured not everyone on SDN has heard this, so that is why I explained it.)

However, one of the stupidest questions showed up on a test, so I gave the person credit for asking it.

 

[CaptainJack02]

Who is public enemy #1 in your class? I'm sure every class has their idiot that everyone loves to hate and would love to jump in the middle of the night.

Ours is a guy who obviously asks a lot of questions to get the professors attention. But he asks the most inane **** in a know it all manner that you just want to smack him upside of the head and give him a book. One day, the professor just asked, "why don't you read the syllabus?" Then the other day the professor very pointedly ignored his raised hand. That made my day.

well, i'm in a post bac rite now, but in my physio class, there's this guy taking hte class for grad credit and he loves to inject into any discussion how his background in public health relates to the topic at hand. he tried to ask a question without raising his hand a few times(in a class of like 100) and hte prof just snapped and said "i'll tell you when i'm inviting questions. until then, please don't disturb the class."

then, another time, a guest neurosurgeon came to our class. this kid started rambling about how doctors aren't the only ones that can do neurosurgery, and how grad students like him make a difference in medicine too, blah, blah, blah. the doc tells him to hold his questions til the end so other people get a chance to watch the lecture. he has shut his mouth since. it was f-ing great!

 

[Discobolus]

We had this one guy in our class who was a pharmacist before going to medical school and he would always preface his questions with "I'm a pharmacist and...." So one day during a lecture another guy raised his hand and said his name and said "and I have a B.S. in biology." The whole class just started laughing, of course the guy he was making fun of wasn't in class to catch it.

 

[Samoa]

We had this one guy in our class who was a pharmacist before going to medical school and he would always preface his questions with "I'm a pharmacist and...." So one day during a lecture another guy raised his hand and said his name and said "and I have a B.S. in biology." The whole class just started laughing, of course the guy he was making fun of wasn't in class to catch it.

Yeah, that's kind of tacky. I try to avoid that. However, for the first couple of months in med school I kept forgetting to change my e-mail signature, which was this total pompous-ass recitation of my pharmacy credentials. It was normal at my previous job, and leaving them off would actually have been perceived as fake humility. But obviously at med school no one's gonna let that go on for very long, without any ridicule. And sure enough, one guy started signing his name with an impressively long string of obviously fake credentials. Which was actually pretty funny, I have to admit. I changed it after that. But he still hasn't stopped with the fake credentials, damn him!

 

[missmod]

What about the people who ask a question... that is not really a question... but just some really long winded remark in an effort to get the professor to say "wow you really know your stuff" or to prove to the rest of the class that they do.

 

[roja]

LOL.... we actually didn't have anyone quite like this. We had one guy who was notorious for looking over his spectacles and asking detailed (but appropriate questions).

We all joked with him about it, and he was hysterical and actually mocked himself in our skits...

We just had a couple of duds....

Our 'key gunner' aka #1 in the class was the funniest, nicest guy.... He rocked.

 

[macdown]

We had this one guy in our class who was a pharmacist before going to medical school and he would always preface his questions with "I'm a pharmacist and....".

That's funny because we have a girl who used to be a nurse and prefaces everything with "I'm a nurse... blah, blah, blah"

 

[macdown]

What about the people who ask a question... that is not really a question... but just some really long winded remark in an effort to get the professor to say "wow you really know your stuff" or to prove to the rest of the class that they do.

What about the people who ask a question... that is not really a question... but a long disorganized group of words that have no meaning, idea or purpose? There is a guy like this in my class (actually he's a friend of mine) but he will raise his hand and speek, but his pseudo-questions make no sense. Today the prof actually said "that was a dumb question" the entire class lost it.

 

[PKP719]

and you wonder ,

one day we will call him/her a doctor lol

 

[Paws]

Does the guy who talks non-stop in the back of the class fall into this category? He thinks he's all that, but man! he's like a freakin' 12 year old junior high girl who talks compulsively to anyone around him who will listen. Such a &^%$, because we all are interested in his stream of consciousness comments on what the professor is saying, much more than the incredibly important lecture we're trying to hear. 🙄

 

[Discobolus]

My all time favorite example of poor question asking was when one of the female students prefaced her question with: "The other day while taking a study break I was reading the JAMA and....."

It wasn't a full blown laugh, but you could tell a lot of people were snickering underneath their breath.

 

[CaptainJack02]

My all time favorite example of poor question asking was when one of the female students prefaced her question with: "The other day while taking a study break I was reading the JAMA and....."

It wasn't a full blown laugh, but you could tell a lot of people were snickering underneath their breath.

i want someone to try, "the other day i was reading hustler on the john and...."

 

[PublicEnemy]

how the hell did i miss this thread?

its mine now.

 

[Stinger86]

We had this one guy in our class who was a pharmacist before going to medical school and he would always preface his questions with "I'm a pharmacist and...." So one day during a lecture another guy raised his hand and said his name and said "and I have a B.S. in biology." The whole class just started laughing, of course the guy he was making fun of wasn't in class to catch it.

Didn't that guy completely fail out or is he still there?

 

[Dr. Rosenrose]

Better way to start a question " I looked at my a** hole in the mirror today, It blew my F'n mind" -The Bafoon

 

[Sage880]

As a rule, I pretty much hate anyone who asks any question at all. I mean, they might really not understand something but I find those people usually are afraid of saying something stupid so they just wait and ask their friend after class - which I think is a really good idea.

There's one girl in particular though..... I really can't stand her. She always has some INCREDIBLY specific question to ask that you couldn't possibly ask unless you already knew the answer to. One day when we were talking about MIs she asked "Can you use a 12 lead EKG to help you figure out which part of the heart has been damaged?" Ahhh!!! I actually just wanted to slap her. The prof just starred at her for a second too. I could see the hate in his eyes. What could possibly be going through her mind that she thought she should ask that question?!? I can't understand the logic.

 

[W222]

There are two people who frequent my area of the library that seriously piss me off. They got all pissed when I started sitting near them in the library and now when I take a seat there one such ***** asks his ***** friend,"what's up with this guy? why is he taking our seats?" As if I am not there or I am not privilaged to sit there. I thought I left **** like this back in high school. One guy obvisuosly has a very small penis and makes up for it by trying to act very macho and immature. The other doesn't seem like a bad person, as long as his closeted friend isn't around. If they were offering free rides off the planet, I would volunteer these two.

 

[W222]

Ohh and library talkers annoy me also. I think you should be allowed to pepper spray them. For instance today, this girl decides to sit on her boyfriend's desk while he is studying and talk to him. Well, they were right behind me talking for about an hour. She was bitching about her roomate I think. She sounded like she was two years old, "Can you believe she does this and she does that." Uggh, I wanted to puke.

 

[efex101]

I think that all medical schools have these type of people who know everything and have to ask questions although they probly know the answer just to hear themselves talk and they think this will impress someone...pleaaaazeeeee

 

[babyruth]

I just hate overly opinionated people who already think they know the answers and they have no humility at all; and when they are found out to be wrong wont admit it or try to say that is what hey meant.
Or people who talk constantly about their political beliefs, especially recently, and preface everything with derogatory comments. I hate living in the bible belt, I'm surrounded by these people (AHHG!).
Also people that repeat questions because they aren't paying attention.

 

[JBlue]

Why does everyone hate questions so much? I ask a lot of questions, mostly in small group PD type sessions and I really can't help it. I have questions that I want to get answered now before I hit the wards. I could go look it up in a book later but then I will have to remember what it was I wanted to look up and take all that extra energy when I could just ask, get an answer and be done with it.
In lecture our professors will refuse to answer questions sometimes which to me defeats the sole purpose of going to lecture in med school. I would actually prefer to have no lecture at all and just have question and answer sessions. Show up if you have read the material and have questions, othewise just carry on and see you at exams.

 

[4 Ever]

in my class, public enemy #1 seems to be one of the smartest kids in the class. Sure hes honoring every class and knows almost everything about everything. so what? people dislike him and say things like "well i personally would like to have a social life - which im sure he doesn't have"

Its not even that he is a gunner... if you ask him something, he will make an active effort to explain the answer to you or he will try to think and figure out the answer for you.

I bet if he was just barely passing his classes, people wouldnt think the same thing - theyre just jealous.

 

[missmod]

i think when you ask questions in class, you have to find the balance between whether it will benefit the rest of the class or if it's something that YOU might be really interested in... but my take up 5 minutes of the lecture and everybody elses time. in our class, the professors actually made a specific request that students ask their detailed, hypothetical, random curious questions at the end of class (during breaks) because we woudl always run over time and not get to cover some of the essential material.

Why does everyone hate questions so much? I ask a lot of questions, mostly in small group PD type sessions and I really can't help it. I have questions that I want to get answered now before I hit the wards. I could go look it up in a book later but then I will have to remember what it was I wanted to look up and take all that extra energy when I could just ask, get an answer and be done with it.
In lecture our professors will refuse to answer questions sometimes which to me defeats the sole purpose of going to lecture in med school. I would actually prefer to have no lecture at all and just have question and answer sessions. Show up if you have read the material and have questions, othewise just carry on and see you at exams.

 

[MErc44]

Like others said there is a guy in my class who asks hella questions and generally just annoys everyone, or at least he used to, I haven't been to class in about a month. Anyway, about a montha ago a neurologist was giving a lecture and he eventually offered five dollars to the person who answered his question correctly. I can't remember the question, but the answer was Lou Gehrigs disease, it's called ALS right? Well, question guy answered the question correctly, the doctor then asked him what team Lou played for and he didn't know. So, the doc told him he was weird and didn't give him the money. All 185 of us had a good laugh at his expense.

 

[phoenixsupra]

Here's an odd thing. I don't like going to lectures. I don't like listening to those prima donnas and I also hate the quiet bad energy in the class. I talked with my dean of students about how I'd prefer to just get the notes and study them away from that toxic environment. The dean offered as the ONLY justification for lectures that they offer the opportunity to ask questions about material as it comes up. Given that no one who doesn't want to be hated asks questions and that those who ask questions seem to just want to hear themselves talk, isn't it time we put an end to the whole damn lecture farse. If some of us really learn better by having a bunch of stiffs mumble at them maybe they could be given a bunch of cassettes with their notes. Just my two cents. 🙂

 

[GoodMonkey]

Here's an odd thing. I don't like going to lectures. I don't like listening to those prima donnas and I also hate the quiet bad energy in the class. I talked with my dean of students about how I'd prefer to just get the notes and study them away from that toxic environment. The dean offered as the ONLY justification for lectures that they offer the opportunity to ask questions about material as it comes up. Given that no one who doesn't want to be hated asks questions and that those who ask questions seem to just want to hear themselves talk, isn't it time we put an end to the whole damn lecture farse. If some of us really learn better by having a bunch of stiffs mumble at them maybe they could be given a bunch of cassettes with their notes. Just my two cents. 🙂

that's why online lecture videos at my school rock 👍 especially w/enounce 2xav so we can speed them up.

 

[phoenixsupra]

that's why online lecture videos at my school rock 👍 especially w/enounce 2xav so we can speed them up.

Sounds like my kind of school. I'm jealous. 🙂

 

[21409wfq]

We had this one guy in our class who was a pharmacist before going to medical school and he would always preface his questions with "I'm a pharmacist and...." So one day during a lecture another guy raised his hand and said his name and said "and I have a B.S. in biology." The whole class just started laughing, of course the guy he was making fun of wasn't in class to catch it.

We have one who is just like that... except that he likes to give long speeches when asking a question like " As i sit here and ponder what you are saying, it makes me wonder what, therefore is the meaning of the term that you are using" (this is not an exaggeration) Hellooo! get to the point.. 😡 He drives everyone crazy.

 

[Barry Otter]

In my class, we have this guy who picks his nose during lectures and conferences.

Oh wait, that's me.

 

[phoenixsupra]

In my class, we have this guy who picks his nose during lectures and conferences.

Oh wait, that's me.

Ha ha That's funny. 🙂

 

[PublicEnemy]

This is my favorite thread on SDN. Not really sure why I'm drawn to it.

The only types of questions I really don't like are the ones where people are only attempting to impress the lecturer or their classmates. everyone can see through it, genuine interest is tough to feign.

i also don't like people who go out of their way to pretend like they are not gunners. be a gunner, cool, thats fine, be proud, you don't gotta be a cut-throat.

 

[phoenixsupra]

This is my favorite thread on SDN. Not really sure why I'm drawn to it.

The only types of questions I really don't like are the ones where people are only attempting to impress the lecturer or their classmates. everyone can see through it, genuine interest is tough to feign.

i also don't like people who go out of their way to pretend like they are not gunners. be a gunner, cool, thats fine, be proud, you don't gotta be a cut-throat.

No, no. Not the gunner debate again. 😱 That's a whole nother thread.

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=161487

 

[PublicEnemy]

No, no. Not the gunner debate again. 😱 That's a whole nother thread.

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=161487

hey, this is my thread. i don't see your name on the title of the thread, haha.

PE#1's can be gunners too, but I'm not talking about gunners in general, just people who go out of their way to pretend like they're something they're not. it works both ways too.

 

[phoenixsupra]

hey, this is my thread. i don't see your name on the title of the thread, haha.

PE#1's can be gunners too, but I'm not talking about gunners in general, just people who go out of their way to pretend like they're something they're not. it works both ways too.

Ha ha. m'bad 😳 Do forgive me. But let's keep the funnies rolling and leave the analysis for the other thread. 😉

 

[pikachu]

my most unfavorite type of med student is the superstar who complains all the time. There's always that one person who clearly grew up with lots of $$, nice looking, straight A's and all they could do was complain about how a certain test question was so unfair or how rotation X was a complete waste of their time. Some people just can't get over themselves...

 

[Apollyon]

Well, question guy answered the question correctly, the doctor then asked him what team Lou played for and he didn't know. So, the doc told him he was weird and didn't give him the money. All 185 of us had a good laugh at his expense.

The NY Yankees - they made a movie about him.

One of my biochem professors was from the UK, and was the oldest young man I'd ever seen. He would lock the doors of the lecture hall, would not tolerate ANY questions or ANY interruptions of his lecture (because that would "disrupt" him), and stated he came from Manchester, and lived about 1 mile from "Old Trafford" growing up. He stated that he had never been to a footie match there. Now, Old Trafford is where Manchester United football (soccer) plays, and, if you know UK Premier League football (like soccer all over Europe), when you say "soccer hooligans", MU are they. It's like growing up in Green Bay or Pittsburgh in the shadow of Lambeau or Three Rivers, magnified x 10, and going, "eh?".

He's a smart guy, but kind of a huge dingus.

 

[PublicEnemy]

It's like growing up in Green Bay or Pittsburgh in the shadow of Lambeau or Three Rivers, magnified x 10, and going, "eh?".

yeah, but there's like a minimum 40 year wait for season tickets at those places. so its conceivable that people don't get to go to games.

 

[tupac_don]

Why does everyone hate questions so much? I ask a lot of questions, mostly in small group PD type sessions and I really can't help it. I have questions that I want to get answered now before I hit the wards. I could go look it up in a book later but then I will have to remember what it was I wanted to look up and take all that extra energy when I could just ask, get an answer and be done with it.
In lecture our professors will refuse to answer questions sometimes which to me defeats the sole purpose of going to lecture in med school. I would actually prefer to have no lecture at all and just have question and answer sessions. Show up if you have read the material and have questions, othewise just carry on and see you at exams.

You should learn the mantra on the wards, when you have a question, this is what eveyone will tell you: "It's in the book, LOOK IT UP". I use to think like you, but really being in the work environement you really have to be able to quickly find out information and in essence look it up. Yea someone can tell you something clear it up, but see it as a bonus not as their obligation.

 

[Apollyon]

yeah, but there's like a minimum 40 year wait for season tickets at those places. so its conceivable that people don't get to go to games.

Conceivable, sure, but unlikely - your big fans will get in, or die trying, week after week, year after year, one way or another.

 

[Paws]

You should learn the mantra on the wards, when you have a question, this is what eveyone will tell you: "It's in the book, LOOK IT UP". I use to think like you, but really being in the work environement you really have to be able to quickly find out information and in essence look it up. Yea someone can tell you something clear it up, but see it as a bonus not as their obligation.

Yup, I agree with this one. I got so used to this at work that I swore I would never ask another question when I did my postbacc classes. I would look it up myself or if I couldn't find ANYTHING about it and the prof was nice I might go and ask them privately. I even had a few crusty profs as an ugrad who would chew us out if we asked 'stupid' questions and would tell us to 'look it up'. Yikes! it was a supercompetitive school and I learned to just keep quiet early on. 😱

Sometimes I ask our clinical correlations guest speakers questions but that's usually because their stuff is so interesting and we're supposed to ask them about it !

 

[PublicEnemy]

Yup, I agree with this one. I got so used to this at work that I swore I would never ask another question when I did my postbacc classes. I would look it up myself or if I couldn't find ANYTHING about it and the prof was nice I might go and ask them privately. I even had a few crusty profs as an ugrad who would chew us out if we asked 'stupid' questions and would tell us to 'look it up'. Yikes! it was a supercompetitive school and I learned to just keep quiet early on. 😱

Sometimes I ask our clinical correlations guest speakers questions but that's usually because their stuff is so interesting and we're supposed to ask them about it !

definitely. i'm the same way. there are a lot of people that need to learn to at least try to find the answers to their questions first. some minimal effort might go a long way. its important to be able to find things out for yourself, make logical connections, etc. there's a big difference between asking when you need to and asking because its convenient. im not totally against the latter, but you gotta be wary of the situation.