Timeline for Alternatives to sewing (or any habit) to stay focused in class
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| Jun 6, 2020 at 17:17 | comment | added | Greg Martin | As a professor, I would be fine with someone doing an activity like this in class, and even more fine if they approached me about it at some point to help me understand the context. (as long as it doesn't disturb people sitting around them—if knitting needles regularly clacked together for instance) | |
| Jun 4, 2020 at 17:15 | comment | added | StayOnTarget | @JackAidley education is paid for regardless; if its paid for in taxes that just means the "customer" is something like the whole society who pays for it on the student's behalf. So while the student then has a different moral burden, nonetheless the university still owes them a quality service, and you could even argue that this obligation is even more important in that circumstance. As to acting like a paying customer - based on my own personal experience I have to disagree. | |
| Jun 4, 2020 at 16:40 | comment | added | Jack Aidley | @UuDdLrLrSs: Students being paying customers is only true in some countries; but, regardless, thinking of yourself as a paying customer is a guaranteed way to get the worst out of university. | |
| Jun 4, 2020 at 15:39 | comment | added | StayOnTarget | Courtesy to your lecturer is only common sense & good manners; but also remember that as a student you are the paying customer of a service. You deserve to have your reasonable needs accommodated. The university is working for you, not the other way around. A "grouchy" professor is an unprofessional one, in this context | |
| Jun 4, 2020 at 4:31 | comment | added | Nate Eldredge | I've known several people who would sew or knit in class. Never seemed to bother anyone. | |
| Jun 4, 2020 at 4:25 | comment | added | Glenn Willen | One tip based on what I've heard/seen before -- it may come across better if you phrase it as "I focus better if I have something to do with my hands". That is, you're not paying attention to it (instead of the lecture), and you're not doing it because you're trying to multitask -- you're using it as kind of accommodation. I think this sort of thing more generally is pretty common (someone mentioned knitting below, which I think is not unusual, but there are other things people do. I am a doodler, myself, which conveniently looks a lot like notetaking so it tends to pass unremarked.) | |
| Jun 4, 2020 at 4:14 | history | edited | cag51♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 4, 2020 at 1:38 | comment | added | JustBlossom | Thank you both for your feedback! I really appreciate it. It has given me enough to figure out what I should do moving forward. | |
| Jun 3, 2020 at 23:45 | comment | added | GrayLiterature | I would also add to this that you should really not put any consideration into how you are perceived by your classmates for sewing - although I’d be mindful of how distracting it could be, so choose your seat with that in mind as well. It’s unorthodox, admittedly, but you are paying for your education and if it helps you learn then try it out - if it doesn’t work in a bigger setting, then now you know. | |
| Jun 3, 2020 at 20:53 | vote | accept | JustBlossom | ||
| Jun 3, 2020 at 20:00 | history | answered | cag51♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |