LOUD PEOPLE

So, here's the deal, I decided a few days ago to write about those people I like to call "loud people." One might assume, "But, for someone to be a loud person don't they just have to be, y'know, loud? I can do that, AHHHHHH!" Okay, shut up, yes. Yes, that can be a loud person, but that's not what I mean. "Loud people" comes from a conversation I had with my wife when I said something to the effect of, "There are so many pretentious people at college, well maybe not that many, but they just happen to be the loudest." What do I mean by that?

Okay, to illustrate my point, have you ever been in a class that you hated because the students keep sidetracking the teacher, you can't learn anything because people keep asking dumb questions or making stupid comments? I have. I had it in a Western religions class of mine last year. I noticed something however, the comments in the class did not come from a large majority of the class. To be honest, they didn't come from even a large minority, only a paltry 2 students. One student seemed to constantly be trying to prove (in what was essentially a history class about Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) that God did not exist, while the other seem to think that we didn't know enough about the predominant religion in our area, which I am a member of and I'd imagine at least half the class as well. On both ends each thought that they were right and each thought that we should all know that they were right.

The problem I had with these two students is that they thought that their opinion/belief mattered more to the professor/students/me. I'm going to tell them this, even though they won't be reading and even if they are, won't know who they are. First, if you feel compelled to speak in class ask yourself, "Does this comment help me understand what the teacher is saying or does it try to show people how smart I am?" If your answer is the latter, shut up. Second, Remember that you DO NOT know everything, so stop trying to pretend that you do. Thank you.