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What Grinds Our Gears: Talking in class
March 6, 2024I’ve had enough with students talking during class. No, I’m not bothered by asking for a pencil or page number — what makes my blood boil is students having full-on conversations while a teacher is giving a lesson. Unfortunately, my cutting glares haven’t accomplished much to stop this tribulation, except get my nervous system even more riled up. So, here’s to those who haven’t gotten the hint. Look, I failed physics in high school, but even I know sound travels. You must be completely oblivious if you think your discussion doesn’t trickle down the rows in front of you. Also,…
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Meaningful participation is more important than attendance
July 18, 2023Have you ever woken up physically or mentally incapable of going to class that day? Mental illness, physical disability, and chronic illness may make it difficult for students to attend classes regularly. Even students with other responsibilities, like work or…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Watching TV in class
July 22, 2022I get it, class can be — and often is — super boring. And I’ll admit that I’ve taken the occasional opportunity to check out Instagram to see which of my friends are on their way to Spain, leaving me…
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A class-ic mistake
April 2, 2022First year SFU student Jerry Falogie has recently made a substantial impact on student discourse this March. While a campus-wide demand of course restructuring is in motion, not many are aware of what sparked it. The Peak sat down with…
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Mainstream veganism needs to focus on equity over moral outrage
November 10, 2020I grew up with a vegetarian mother and ate a mainly vegetarian diet until I was about 17. I’m originally from Sri Lanka, and a lot of our food is conducive to vegetarian and vegan diets. Today, I still eat…
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Professor shocked that students do not have the textbook mentioned in the syllabus emailed the night before class
September 9, 2020As Dr. Galicken’s PSYC 392 course started this week, he was infuriated to see half of the Zoom call participants turn off their cameras and the other half visibly roll their eyes when he asked them to open the course’s…
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What grinds our gears: Lengthy introductions are a mind-numbing way to waste class time
September 14, 2019Hello, my name is Nicole. I’m in my fourth year. There’s nothing particularly interesting about me. My major is “very little patience for this activity,” with a minor in “let’s just start the lecture already.” I get that the first…
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What grinds our gears: Clueless students who argue with the prof
March 25, 2019That one guy’s hand shoots up, even though a few seconds ago he was slouched in his chair scrolling through Instagram. The professor keeps using a term that he isn’t familiar with and wants her to explain it. He asks…
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Have some fun and wear your Halloween costumes to class
October 31, 2018I think it’s safe to assume that we’re all exhausted from midterm season. The luxuries of reading for fun, nutritional meals, and eight hours of sleep are replaced by lecture notes, coffee, and power naps on transit. The campus itself…
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What Grinds our Gears: Icebreaker activities in lectures and tutorials
September 30, 2018I’m pretty sure that all SFU students have endured the painfully awkward icebreakers forced upon us by TAs or professors at the start of every semester. As someone who’s entering my third year, I’ve had enough of these repetitive, boring,…
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