2008 Woodie Awards
Humor: Silence is Golden
Deborah Chessey
Issue date: 3/7/07 Section: Life
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Every so often it comes to my attention that as the humor columnist I am in the unique position to publicly air the concerns of the student body. The majority of us have concerns about our school experience, but we are entirely to busy to write a letter to the editor. Furthermore, we were taught by Walt Disney that if we don't have anything nice to say we shouldn't say anything at all.
Because I have been entrusted with this esteemed position I feel that I should take this opportunity to stand up for the team and ever so gently take some students aside and kindly suggest that they shut-up.
You know who I am talking about: it's that lady in your class who has a comment about every thing the professor says. She doesn't take the time to raise her hand because she feels that what she has to say is important and everyone should hear her opinion. Granted, there are times that her views on the subject are similar to your own, but in general she is just a yakking voice that grates on the nerves. Come on, admit it. When she missed the week of school because she was sick you rejoiced. You hoped she had dropped out.
Maybe it isn't a lady; perhaps it is that man who screams out the answer to the problem before the professor has finished writing it on the board. Yes, we all know that he is brilliant and certainly should be in a much more advanced class. It is true that every so often he says something that is amusing. But to be honest, we all wish he would have already graduated so that he would be speaking loudly in a corporate meeting instead of interrupting the professor.
It seems that in the majority of my classes I am blessed with either the yakking lady or the man who doesn't know the difference between the outside and the inside voice. When they begin to speak, the rest of the class cringes. We give each other, "Here we go again" faces and we secretly hope that laryngitis is in the speakers near future. It isn't that we are evil people who wish sickness on others, it is that we are students who paid to hear the professor speak, and we would like to get our money's worth.
Listen, I am not trying to hurt your feelings yakking lady and fella with the outside voice: I am just trying to gently suggest that you think before you speak. And what you should be thinking about are these brilliant words by Abraham Lincoln, "It is better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."
Because I have been entrusted with this esteemed position I feel that I should take this opportunity to stand up for the team and ever so gently take some students aside and kindly suggest that they shut-up.
You know who I am talking about: it's that lady in your class who has a comment about every thing the professor says. She doesn't take the time to raise her hand because she feels that what she has to say is important and everyone should hear her opinion. Granted, there are times that her views on the subject are similar to your own, but in general she is just a yakking voice that grates on the nerves. Come on, admit it. When she missed the week of school because she was sick you rejoiced. You hoped she had dropped out.
Maybe it isn't a lady; perhaps it is that man who screams out the answer to the problem before the professor has finished writing it on the board. Yes, we all know that he is brilliant and certainly should be in a much more advanced class. It is true that every so often he says something that is amusing. But to be honest, we all wish he would have already graduated so that he would be speaking loudly in a corporate meeting instead of interrupting the professor.
It seems that in the majority of my classes I am blessed with either the yakking lady or the man who doesn't know the difference between the outside and the inside voice. When they begin to speak, the rest of the class cringes. We give each other, "Here we go again" faces and we secretly hope that laryngitis is in the speakers near future. It isn't that we are evil people who wish sickness on others, it is that we are students who paid to hear the professor speak, and we would like to get our money's worth.
Listen, I am not trying to hurt your feelings yakking lady and fella with the outside voice: I am just trying to gently suggest that you think before you speak. And what you should be thinking about are these brilliant words by Abraham Lincoln, "It is better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."
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