Cornell Professor Goes off on student for "Overly Loud' Yawn

[Deberg_1990]

Really???


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[Dayze]

he's probably just upset because that's the same sound his wife makes.

[tomahawk kid]

That guy would last about 5 seconds in an actual workplace environment.

Some folks are just best suited for academia.

[The Franchise]

Hey bitch....I pay to go to this school....and I'll fucking yawn whenever and however loud I fucking want to.

[DaKCMan AP]

Ok, tough guy.

[Fish]

Self-righteous dickhead professor. At some point he forgot that what he teaches is much more important than who teaches it.

[Beef Supreme]

He sounds like John Malkovich.

[unothadeal]

Sounds like Phillip Seymour-Hoffman

[gblowfish]

He's right, it's rude.
But he doesn't need to be such a diva about it. He's the one having a snit/fit/conniption.

Its true, the students pay him, but I doubt if he feels like he is the "employee" in this case. He could make his point and not be such a poop stain about it. And no student ever wants to fink on another student. That's just bad form.

[Sofa King]

FIRE HIM!!!11!!!!11!!

40 PAGE APOLOGY WITH DEMANDS!!!

[blaise]

I hope whoever was doing it was doing it just to mess with him.

[gblowfish]

You can email him an MP3 of your best yawn here:

From Cornell's Website: Public information, you know.

Mark Talbert
Senior Lecturer
Information Systems
342 Statler Hall
Phone: 607-255-0363
Email: mpt2@cornell.edu

[jd1020]

"My bad side is as bad as my pleasant side is pleasant."

Shakin in my boots... I can see his sagging man boobs from here.

[blaise]

I like how he says his bad side is as bad as his pleasant side is pleasant. I bet he thinks the students like him and they all think he's a boring douche.

[Micjones]

I had an Economics professor do the same thing to me once.

[WebGem]

ROFL

I would have stood up and told him I'll yawn whenever the fuck I want to. I'm serious. What an asshole. Is the school taking any sort of action against this professor? I'm sure he wasn't right to call the person a loser for yawning.

[googlegoogle]

You can email him an MP3 of your best yawn here:

From Cornell's Website: Public information, you know.

Mark Talbert
Senior Lecturer
Information Systems
342 Statler Hall
Phone: 607-255-0363
Email: mpt2@cornell.edu

Make it in an indian voice.

[jd1020]

ROFL

I would have stood up and told him I'll yawn whenever the **** I want to. I'm serious. What an asshole. Is the school taking any sort of action against this professor? I'm sure he wasn't right to call the person a loser for yawning.

Overreact much? HE CALLED A STUDENT A LOSER! FINE HIM!

[gblowfish]

It's not nice to interrupt a class by loudly yawning, whether that's on purpose or not. This guy just decided to be a douche about it, and wanted to call the offender out in front of the whole class. That shows a vindictive streak, which is probably why nobody wanted to rat out the responsible yawner.

Vindictive teachers can f*ck up your entire scholastic path. I had one screw up my master's program. I just ended up going to work in my chosen field anyway, and he died of a heart attack three months after F-ing with me. So God has a way of leveling the playing field.

[Demonpenz]

I got sick one time in the middle of class and the teacher gave a pop quiz because she thought I was skipping out. I waited around after class and told her I threw up she didn't tell me what she did and everyone else laughed their ass off at the bar at me. I didn't do anything about it because it didn't effect my solid C grade in the class.

[RealSNR]

I'd rather my students yawn on me than fall asleep. Both happen to me a few times per week. Either way, I'm not going to take time out of my lecturing to address their behavior, which should have been done in grade school.

[Donger]

Completely justified and warranted reaction.

[Shogun]

RAGE YAWN

[Shogun]

I'M SORRY MY BRAIN NEEDED MORE OXYGEN BRO

[Ivory Hunter]

Cornell is kiddie stuff compared to the service academies. You would be marching all weekend if you did that shit at West Point or Annapolis.

[Earthling]

The moment the Professor said "We will stay here untill someone admits to this...." I would have walked out. Its like, what? You are saying I am not free to go ?? Really ??

[jd1020]

The moment the Professor said "We will stay here untill someone admits to this...." I would have walked out. Its like, what? You are saying I am not free to go ?? Really ??

... He meant he wasnt going to teach anymore until someone came forward. HS dropout?

[Earthling]

... He meant he wasnt going to teach anymore until someone came forward. HS dropout?

Not sure if he dropped out or not.

[BigVE]

..."don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOXpKUu6pUg

[Jenson71]

1) It seems as if this wasn't a one-time thing. Understandable that the professor would be pissed off if it's some recurring, distracting, rude message.

2) Yawning that loudly, so unnecessarily, is absolutely rude and deserving of a "going off."

3) The professor didn't seem like that much of a jackass.

4) If you would do this to your boss at a conference in "the real world," then you are a shitty employee that probably is not going to go far in the company.

[-King-]

The moment the Professor said "We will stay here untill someone admits to this...." I would have walked out. Its like, what? You are saying I am not free to go ?? Really ??

LMAO That's what I was thinking.

[chiefzilla1501]

1) It seems as if this wasn't a one-time thing. Understandable that the professor would be pissed off if it's some recurring, distracting, rude message.

2) Yawning that loudly, so unnecessarily, is absolutely rude and deserving of a "going off."

3) The professor didn't seem like that much of a jackass.

4) If you would do this to your boss at a conference in "the real world," then you are a shitty employee that probably is not going to go far in the company.

This. I can't believe I'm getting old enough to say this, but it drives me fucking crazy the way students these days show disrespect. Teachers have laptop policies, and yet students are typing away on e-mails in the loudest way possible. I've been doing some recruiting for my company. Kids are walking in and out of the room, some of them texting in class. Better the teacher drill respect into these kids than a manager who can fire them.

Had one professor in my MBA program who chewed two people the fuck out for typing an e-mail in class. Another who would make fun of you to your face if you showed up even 2 seconds late for class. Best two professors in the program. And everybody paid complete attention.

I've seen a professor do this before. I can guarantee you nobody in the classroom did something stupid like that ever again.

[chiefzilla1501]

ROFL

I would have stood up and told him I'll yawn whenever the **** I want to. I'm serious. What an asshole. Is the school taking any sort of action against this professor? I'm sure he wasn't right to call the person a loser for yawning.

That's cool.

Good luck getting a recommendation from anyone in your school.

[Saulbadguy]

Thats why I love online classes - you don't have to deal with asshole professors or retarded students.

[Fish]

I like how he encourages the other students to rat out the person that yawned......

[DeezNutz]

Thats why I love online classes - you don't have to deal with asshole professors or retarded students.

Yes, you do. Or, better yet, you're dealing with an adjunct because this is a far more cost-effective option for the university, while the institution charges more for the course.

[Saulbadguy]

Yes, you do. Or, better yet, you're dealing with an adjunct because this is a far more cost-effective option for the university, while the institution charges more for the course.

Not in my case (at least for my bachelors degree). I'm more referring to not having to deal with professors that don't want you sleeping during class.

[unothadeal]

Wh-wha-wha whaaaat dog?
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[DeezNutz]

Not in my case (at least for my bachelors degree). I'm more referring to not having to deal with professors that don't want you sleeping during class.

How have you liked taking online courses, may I ask? You're dealing with doctoral-level faculty? Getting enough feedback, etc.? Actually learning something, or easy way to the degree?

[Rudy tossed tigger's salad]

The worst is when students all start putting their shit away 5 minutes before the lecture is done and the prof decides to talk over the noise instead of bitch people out. All it takes is one person to start it off. The sound of collective backpack zippers and paper turning annoys the shit out of me. I understand some people might have a class across campus almost immediately afterwards, and they wanna get out as fast as they can, but most of the time that isn't the case.

[chiefzilla1501]

Not in my case (at least for my bachelors degree). I'm more referring to not having to deal with professors that don't want you sleeping during class.

I would have enjoyed that for undergrad.

In Grad school, the only way to learn and get your money's worth is to get involved in the discussions. You just can't do that in an online format. THat's just my opinion.

[Saulbadguy]

How have you liked taking online courses, may I ask? You're dealing with doctoral-level faculty? Getting enough feedback, etc.? Actually learning something, or easy way to the degree?

I've done a mix of both online and traditional classes. They have both been through traditional 2 year (juco) and 4 year universities - not Phoenix University or anything like that.

Both had the same amount of work, for the most part. I'm only taking 2 classes this semester, one professor has a doctorate, one does not.

JUCO level classes - gen ed requirements out of the way, didn't learn a whole lot.
4 year university classes - learning quite a bit since it has to do more with what i'm interested in.

I've heard from some people that they don't care for online courses because they don't receive enough feedback. Sitting through many traditional classes, all I hear are stupid fucking questions and of course, personal anecdotes they just HAVE to share with the rest of the class...so, I guess I don't need that kind of feedback.

[Saulbadguy]

The worst is when students all start putting their shit away 5 minutes before the lecture is done and the prof decides to talk over the noise instead of bitch people out. All it takes is one person to start it off. The sound of collective backpack zippers and paper turning annoys the shit out of me. I understand some people might have a class across campus almost immediately afterwards, and they wanna get out as fast as they can, but most of the time that isn't the case.

Yes - I fucking hate that.

[Saulbadguy]

I would have enjoyed that for undergrad.

In Grad school, the only way to learn and get your money's worth is to get involved in the discussions. You just can't do that in an online format. THat's just my opinion.

I could agree with that. The discussion board format (basically what we have on Chiefsplanet) doesn't is "OK" for undergrad classes but doesn't really offer a whole lot of insight.

[Jenson71]

I like how he encourages the other students to rat out the person that yawned......

Yeah, that was a poor move.

[Gonzo]

Shit, it was probably Skip.
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[Bwana]

Heh, I would have lasted about one minute in that guys class, before telling him to fuck off.

[Farzin]

What a cry baby..

You can email him an MP3 of your best yawn here:

From Cornell's Website: Public information, you know.

Mark Talbert
Senior Lecturer
Information Systems
342 Statler Hall
Phone: 607-255-0363
Email: mpt2@cornell.edu

LMAO

[Phobia]

I can imagine it would have pissed me off to hear somebody do that over and over in my class as well. Eventually I'd go off.

This video is going viral because?

[FAX]

Dang. It cut off just at the real, super exciting part when he was going to tell us about kilobytes.

FAX

[Zaiko]

Yeah he doesn't need to be such a dick.. If he's teaching about telegrams and kilobytes in an auditorium setting, it's probably not that important of a class...

[Chief Chief]

Somebody should "anonymously" bring it to the professor's attention that it's way too informal and extremely impolite to be digging deep into their ass*, especially when their back is turned to the audience.

* reference the initial seconds of the video

[Chief Chief]

telegram? kilobyte?

What class is this?: 3-Syllable Words 110?

[CoMoChief]

You can control the "volume" when you yawn.

That really wasn't that big of a "going off" segment. I have professors do that same thing all the time. Not from my actions but from others. Hell during rush week at MU I was in an auditorium and some frat guys (who weren't in the class) came busting in wearing a tank top and some cutoff "jorts" and had a mullet wig with fake redneck teeth and walked down the aisle and yelled out "which wonna y'all ****ed my twin sister"

Of course a lot of people started to laugh....and the professor just went apeshit and started to yell at people laughing and chased this guy out of the room. Happens all the time.

[Bugeater]

1) It seems as if this wasn't a one-time thing. Understandable that the professor would be pissed off if it's some recurring, distracting, rude message.

2) Yawning that loudly, so unnecessarily, is absolutely rude and deserving of a "going off."

3) The professor didn't seem like that much of a jackass.

4) If you would do this to your boss at a conference in "the real world," then you are a shitty employee that probably is not going to go far in the company.
Agree with every one of your points. If the student is that disinterested in the class, he/she should just drop out and do something more exciting like bagging french fries for a living.

[xztop12]

like when cops go 100 to catch up to a speeder who was going 65

[Awesome Aric]

It's not nice to interrupt a class by loudly yawning, whether that's on purpose or not. This guy just decided to be a douche about it, and wanted to call the offender out in front of the whole class. That shows a vindictive streak, which is probably why nobody wanted to rat out the responsible yawner.

Vindictive teachers can f*ck up your entire scholastic path. I had one screw up my master's program. I just ended up going to work in my chosen field anyway, and he died of a heart attack three months after F-ing with me. So God has a way of leveling the playing field.

I think it's retarded to say that a yawn in anyway INTERRUPTED the class. I am almost 100% positive that nobody in that class gave a crap about the yawn besides this assclown. Like when people are talking in class, it doesn't bother me. It's called not listening.

Sometimes teachers just get a little frustrated, but it's no reason to act like an assclown over the slightest noise that you were probably lucky to hear in the first place.

[jd1020]

I think it's retarded to say that a yawn in anyway INTERRUPTED the class. I am almost 100% positive that nobody in that class gave a crap about the yawn besides this assclown. Like when people are talking in class, it doesn't bother me. It's called not listening.

Sometimes teachers just get a little frustrated, but it's no reason to act like an assclown over the slightest noise that you were probably lucky to hear in the first place.

If the teacher can hear a yawn while standing on the ground floor from the back of the auditorium then you can bet your ass it was done to interrupt class. You can also bet your ass it was done by the class clown who thinks he's funny.

[Bugeater]

I think it's retarded to say that a yawn in anyway INTERRUPTED the class. I am almost 100% positive that nobody in that class gave a crap about the yawn besides this assclown. Like when people are talking in class, it doesn't bother me. It's called not listening.

Sometimes teachers just get a little frustrated, but it's no reason to act like an assclown over the slightest noise that you were probably lucky to hear in the first place.
It's a fucking distraction you moron, and the students that are actually there to try and learn something shouldn't have to put up with it.

[ShortRoundChief]

I think it's retarded to say that a yawn in anyway INTERRUPTED the class. I am almost 100% positive that nobody in that class gave a crap about the yawn besides this assclown. Like when people are talking in class, it doesn't bother me. It's called not listening.

Sometimes teachers just get a little frustrated, but it's no reason to act like an assclown over the slightest noise that you were probably lucky to hear in the first place.


Let me guess...

You were the Mad Yawner.

[Awesome Aric]

So a god damned 2 second YAWN annoys, and interrupts you people? Jesus christ, do you all have some sort off attention disorder?

[jd1020]

So a god damned 2 second YAWN annoys, and interrupts you people? Jesus christ, do you all have some sort off attention disorder?

Nope, but it sounds like your mother dropped you down a flight of stairs when you were a baby.

[tooge]

that is pretty rude, however, his reaction is quite a bit over the top. A simple "whoever is letting out the overly loud yawns, would you please stop? It is rude and disrespectful, not to mention disruptive to the class." Enough said. Move on.

[Awesome Aric]

Nope, but it sounds like your mother dropped you down a flight of stairs when you were a baby.

Flight of stairs? We were too poor. Maybe the back of the pickup truck. ;)

[ShortRoundChief]

that is pretty rude, however, his reaction is quite a bit over the top. A simple "whoever is letting out the overly loud yawns, would you please stop? It is rude and disrespectful, not to mention disruptive to the class." Enough said. Move on.


Hell that was mild for a professor imo.

I pissed off the high school art teacher many years ago and he started throwing steel brushes.

This dude sounds like an angry stewart smalley

[Awesome Aric]

Jeez can you jerk offs stop trying to kill my eRep? Shit man that means a lot to me. I want green!

[gblowfish]

I think it's retarded to say that a yawn in anyway INTERRUPTED the class.

You bore me.

[BWillie]

What is the big deal here? You guys think that is an outburst? Yeah right. I've seen teachers, even professors throw a conniption for worse.

[Iowanian]

Academia is filled with a plethora of pompous twats.

You don't have to look far for an example.

[Chiefs Rool]

reminds me of high school teachers, wouldn't expect that in college though

[Dayze]

after the military, I enrolled at JCCC; my time there ended after one of the tecahers repeatedly walked out on classes because 17 year old punks were talking etc. So, we never got assignments, test dates etc, yet were expected to complete assignments and know test dates etc.

I went to my advisor because I wanted to drop the class and be refuned my money.

yeah, they basically said "sorry, we can't do t hat".

....and that was the last time I set foot in a college.

[ForeverChiefs58]

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[Brock]

after the military, I enrolled at JCCC; my time there ended after one of the tecahers repeatedly walked out on classes because 17 year old punks were talking etc. So, we never got assignments, test dates etc, yet were expected to complete assignments and know test dates etc.

I went to my advisor because I wanted to drop the class and be refuned my money.

yeah, they basically said "sorry, we can't do t hat".

....and that was the last time I set foot in a college.

Yes, junior college, AKA the 13th grade.

[Dayze]

Yes, junior college, AKA the 13th grade.

yeah, it sucked.

[MOhillbilly]

I sat through hundreds of my dads classes and never once heard him raise his voice.

[Saulbadguy]

Yes, junior college, AKA the 13th grade.

What else would any college be? The 15th grade? 18th grade?

[Sully]

It's an asshole thing to do.
But I will say that from time to time (especially if I'm full after a meal) I have loud yawns I can't control. It's weird, and I don't know if it affects anyone else, but I'll find myself shouting out a yawn at the worst times.

[ChiTown]

It's an asshole thing to do.
But I will say that from time to time (especially if I'm full after a meal) I have loud yawns I can't control. It's weird, and I don't know if it affects anyone else, but I'll find myself shouting out a yawn at the worst times.

Substitute Fart for Yawn, and I'm with ya.

[Brock]

What else would any college be? The 15th grade? 18th grade?

A university is different from juco. You know it, I know it, everybody knows it.

[Farzin]

A KILOBYTE

[chiefzilla1501]

It's a ****ing distraction you moron, and the students that are actually there to try and learn something shouldn't have to put up with it.

What people don't realize is how one asshole can completely turn the class.

I used to see it every day as a grad student. One person gets on a laptop and 10 people are watching that person's screen from behind. One person yawns and 10 people around that person get the hint that they should be bored and disinterested too.

If there's anything I've found over the years it's that good professors are the ones with strict rules who have control over the classroom. You let one person get away with something distracting, and it sends a signal to everyone else that they can do it too.