10 reasons...

Blog entry: 10 reasons not to use your mobile in lecture.
1. Firstly because it makes the other students hate you. Even if you talk in your quietest voice (which the offender (who should be removed from lectures (and the university) in my opinion) doesn’t), and duck behind the desks (which, again, he doesn’t), will still distract others.

2. The student (although I doubt he does much studying) pays £3070 a year to come to university.

3. Other students pay £3070 a year to come to university. They don’t want to pay to not be able to hear the lecturer, but instead hear an intellectually challenged guy jabbering on, on his mobile.

4. In some lecture theatres it makes the monitor speakers buzz.

5. I doubt he cares about others, but the price of long calls might prompt him to be quieter.

6. Text messages are quicker, quieter, cheaper and more discreet. Surely a text conversation would suffice? Obviously not.

7. Unless someone is dieing, it can usually wait an hour until the lecture finishes.

8. Using phones too much cooks your brain. This is probably the only way to keep said student quiet

9. The lecturer. It’s their job to help others learn. Some thicko on a phone isn’t just distracting, it rude. Common decency and politeness were obviously exempt from this persons early life.

10. It causes other students to type a 200 word blog entry; however it is a good opportunity to have a good dig.