Some people get distracted easily in class; some cannot stop talking. These people often disrupt lessons.

During lesson time, the most important thing is to learn and gain knowledge from the precious time with the teacher. Despite such, many students talk and discuss among themselves what the teacher has said. As students grow older, they commonly have less respect for the teacher conducting the lesson. A common phenomenon now is that students play games on their mobile phone under the table. A lesson can often be disrupted because of (A)someone falling asleep, (B)someone playing games, (C)someone talking loudly with another, and more recently, (D)students doing their homework from other subjects. A teacher wastes time by scolding the student, handing out a fitting punishment, warning the rest of the class not to make the same mistake, and fuming for a while before continuing the lesson.

Some students also annoy me very much by asking ridiculous questions that have nothing to do with the current topic or arguing with the teacher about something that everyone gets but he just has to tell the teacher that there is a slight mistake which makes no difference whatsoever. I have an urge to rip out their heads (hmm… I probably should not have watched “Saw III” last weekend) as it just waste my time and I have to further put more effort into staying focused.

Those that I have just mentioned are really just pests in the class. I am very frustrated when a lesson is halted for the teacher to address a particular problem as it stops the momentum and the lesson cannot pick up its pace again. Another problem is that some students do not have any disciplinary problems, but they are “zoning” during the lesson, more or less sleeping with their eyes open. When the teacher calls on anyone to solve a problem on the board or read a passage, the person is caught unawares and further wastes time by (A) waking up from their daydream, (B) realize what the teacher is asking, (C)recall what they learned, if they have, (D)and commence hesitantly.

In my opinion, these people should be sent out of the class, to stand at the back of the classroom, serve detention, notifying their parents, setting them extra work, or to confiscate whatever distracting materials they have under their desks, or having any of the combinations. The teacher should not stop the lesson at all and must deal the punishment without any margin for argument or protest. By saying this I have doomed myself to eternal attention at lessons as I cannot bear the humiliation, that is still for the better, I hope.