Is there discipline problems in College classrooms, like in High School? (graduate, major)

[twins4lynn]

I have two kids in college and neither have had kids with disciplinary problems in their class.

[Laid Off]

My kids say that in their college classrooms the students bully the teachers by:

Spending most of the time on their SmartPhone during the lecture and discussion

Talking among them themselves when the Instructor is speaking

Walk in and out of the class for no real reason

Arrive late, leave early

When called upon they go mute or start to giggle trying to unnerve the instructor

Laugh at the students who appear to be trying and show enthusiasm for the class and materials

Give a terrible review of the instructor if they make it hard to get anything but an "A"

[ohhwanderlust]

Unlike in high school, college attendance isn't usually mandatory (though professors may require it in their classes, no one's going to call your parents if you don't turn up).

This means only students who take college seriously to some degree will be in the room. Students who would've been unmanageable had they been forced to be in class, are simply not there.

[SorryIMovedBack]

I took some classes in mid 2000s from a branch of West Virginia University. Apparently they had had some problems with their students. The school literally had a security camera in each classroom. At the time, some or all of those feeds were open to the public via Internet. The instructors told everyone about the cameras, and said "If you have a problem with it, you may want to consider another school."

[Qwerty]

Our son had a prof that went ballistic in class....and was fired and replaced with a much better prof but the kids have all been fine.

[Mandalorian]

I don't think so. Being in College is a CHOICE. No one is forcing the students to be there, they can just get up and leave class if they want.

In High School, students are being forced to go and will get thrown in JAIL if they don't.

[Laid Off]

Originally Posted by Mandalorian

I don't think so. Being in College is a CHOICE. No one is forcing the students to be there, they can just get up and leave class if they want.

In High School, students are being forced to go and will get thrown in JAIL if they don't.

I know lots of people who sent their kid to college because they thought that was the only option. The 18 year old kids were tired of school and are bored to death in college and act out because they don't want to be there. But they don't want to work a minimum wage job either.

[HedgeYourInvestments]

Originally Posted by ohhwanderlust

Unlike in high school, college attendance isn't usually mandatory (though professors may require it in their classes, no one's going to call your parents if you don't turn up).

This means only students who take college seriously to some degree will be in the room. Students who would've been unmanageable had they been forced to be in class, are simply not there.

Yeah, I get the whole "I don't wanna be here" from my students, especially because I teach history and have a 1st period class and an 8th period class full of lower-performing Juniors who are mostly over the whole education thing. I teach HS. I often wonder how much easier it would be to teach college.

[ocnjgirl]

Originally Posted by Laid Off

Are there problems with discipline in the College classrooms, especially in Community Colleges or schools of higher education that let pretty much anyone in? Really many college students are no more mature than many High School students.

Tell us what is happening in college classrooms today. Is it just like High School where teachers have a hard time getting the kids to behave?

I can't imagine there would be since students are not required to be there. Any disruptions they'd just ask you to leave. I never saw any incidents in CC. CC's are good places to learn, and there are many older students in class as well. CC got me into an excellent transfer school for occupational therapy and saved me thousands to boot. All students there are adults who choose to be there.

[StealthRabbit]

Originally Posted by Laid Off

I know lots of people who sent their kid to college...
- act out...they don't want to work a minimum wage job either.

1) students that are paying their own way are not gonna waste their time or money on classes with discipline issues.
2) College students that are 'acting-out' will likely be working minimum wage jobs (degree or not)
3) Colleges do not need to put up with wayward students (and can get rid of them)
4) I have attended and taught in CC and U's have not had disciple issues.