Leaving an impression....

What kind of impression do you think our class leaves on the guest speakers we have?

A large majority of our class today during social medicine had their computers open, though no note taking or following along was necessary. Others studying various subjects that are piling up (we would all like more study time), some even had ear buds in their ears. I will be the first to admit, sometimes the lectures are hard to follow, and their relevance seem so distant it is hard to care, BUT, the people who come speak to us are alot smarter than we are, and have taken time out of their schedules to attempt to enlighten us with some tidbits of info that may, or may not be pertinent in the future. The least we could do is pretend to pay attention, and not talk to our neighbor until the presentation is over, yes, OVER means the person giving the presentation has stopped talking, not that you have stopped listening.
I don't want to be critical, but I will admit I was embarrassed today. In 15 years one of us could be asked to speak to the first year medical students, would you want to be standing in front of 100 disrespectful ass holes? Or would you hope they at least had the maturity, and common decency to at least pretend they wanted to hear what you were saying?

Sorry for the venting, but I just needed to get it off my chest.....isn't that what the blog is for???