Adult Students get Psychodelic.

I would like to address an issue that has been getting increasingly worse with every class that these people are present in.


Adult Students: and why I hate you.

Hi, you decided to come back to school and get an education. Good for you.
You decided you were gonna come back and focus and make good grades. Good for you.
You decided to ask ridiculous questions, non stop and slow the class down. Fuck you.

It started with last year, I had two of them in my english class. One was a mental retard at times. She was unaware of what a 5 paragraph essay was and MLA. She also contributed a lot of other stupid questions to our class time. We had another he was actually intelligent, but he liked to team his stone washed jeans and stone washed jean jacket together for every class period. But he actually added thought provoking questions to the class.

But this year has brought me much worse along the lines of adult students.
Once again I only have 2, but in a class of 100, you'd think they were the only students.

Welcome to Intro to Psych. A freshmen course that follows the exact curriculm that we learned in AP psych at Athens. Basically to make an A in this class, one must take the quizzes online, read chapters and study for the tests. Comprehending the information involves reading and attending class. Questions, for the most part, are never needed to be asked.
But... the adult students see this differently.

Let me describe both of them.

One is a man probably in his mid 50's but could easily be anywhere from his 40s to his 60s, its hard to tell. Wears jorts and sits in the upmost closest seat to the front on the left. Gets to class early, spreads all his class supplies across his tiny desk, and is ready to learn.
Everytime something stands out to him, which could be a single word like the word "most" (which happened) he will raise his hand, say that that word stood out to him, proceed to tell some sort of old man tale and end with a question, easily 5 times a class period. The man is so annoying. Its as if he feels like he needs to bestow his knowledge upon us, when really we jsut want to get through our lesson and dont give a shit about him and his opinions. I hate you old man.

The other is an old black woman with huge hair. She could be anywhere from her 50s to her 70s, it is also hard to gauge her age. She also sits in the upmost closest seat to the front, but on the right. She looks like a crazy, old bag woman. She is not as persistent as the old man to be as annoying, but she does however, bring up stupid questions about the chapter or an experience she had that MIGHT relate to what were talking about. One of tuesday's questions was..."why do I have more trouble with playing the piano with my left hand, than my right hand?" My teacher simply asked her if she was right handed, which low and behold she was, but that was not sufficient enough for her, she continued on with some mindless drabble, while I slit my wrists on the desk.

Because of these adult students, who think that they need to ask question after question, to make an A and fully understand, really put our class behind and make it drag. I think ill understand less with them in the class because they will detract from the information and get me thinking about the time the old woman got corrective eye surgery *even though she totally still wears glasses?*

So, I believe we should start a campaign in efforts to abolish all Adult students who try too hard in class and prohibit them from speaking during classes.

Thank you. Vote for me?