Reply to an Opinion piece

This is a reply to an opinion piece labelled “lecture theatre relationships”
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Firstly, I would like to agree with your statement that there is definitely a problem with first year students and lecturers this term. I am quite aware that there seems to be unease in the lectures, but as students we need to adapt to the lecturers way of teaching, and if this means keeping quiet in class, then we should! Respect has to be earned and in order for the lecturer to respect you, you have to respect him and the manner in which he teaches. I think you generalised in terms of faculties, as I know of several Bcom students who leave their theatres half way through the lectures. All lecturers are different, and the fact that that our previous lecturer Priscilla Boshoff also had a problem with the level of noise, does not give a good impression to JMS1 students. The first time Sim pointed out talking in his class should have been a lesson for the rest of us, but people still continued to talk, even after his requests. In my opinion that is rude, and if you don’t want to be at the lecture, you shouldn’t bother coming, it is a distraction to the class and to the lecturer when a student leaves half way through a presentation. Lectures are optional, so instead of disrupting the class, rather not attend and cause bad relations with the lecturer. Although the fault lies partly with us, I also think that lecturers should aim to make the lectures more interesting in order to gain the students full attention.