Student/Teacher Situations
 
 
 

Read the descriptions of classroom situations below and decide if, in your opinion, the student's behavior in each case is acceptable (A) or unacceptable (U) for a university classroom. Then, ask 3 Americans (professors, TA's, and/or students) how the situation might be handled and jot down their comments.
 

A U 1. A student drinks a coke and eats a candy bar during class.

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A U 2. A student comes to class barefoot in the summer and sits with her feet on the chair in front of her.

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A U 3. In a class of twenty people, three students in the back of the class whisper to each other for several minutes.

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A U 4. In a class of thirty people, a student in the back of the room is reading a newspaper.

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A U 5. A student is wearing headphones and listening to music during class.

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A U 6. A student calls the teacher by his first name although he has asked them to call him Mr. or Ms._________.

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A U 7. A student calls the teacher "Professor __________" even though she is a TA.

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A U 8. A student promises the teacher "anything" for a good grade.

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A U 9. A student missed class and wants the teacher to go over the lecture for her during office hours.

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A U 10. A student missed an exam and wants to make it up.

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A U 11. A student invites the teacher to a party.

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A U 12. A student comes to class intoxicated.

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A U 13. A student falls asleep in class.

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A U 14. A student gets a poor grade on a quiz and wants to take it again.

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A U 15. A student asks personal questions of a teacher in class.

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