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oddly, one of the funniest and saddest things i remember about today is that in my linguistics lecture, on the very first slide of the presentation, it distinctly says (in bright red, too, mind you):

PLEASE TURN OFF ALL CELL PHONES.

minutes into the lecture, when professor garrett was presenting these alveolar and retroflex nasal sound differences, a cell phone starts beeping madly. half the class giggles, move on.

the phone rings again after about ten seconds. girl finally turns it off, more giggling, moving on.

about three minutes later, another cell phone goes off. i shake my head at all these irresponsible people.

and finally, one last cell phone, when professor garrett finally said, "please, turn off your cell phones" in the most nonchalant expression of the phrase ever.

i do go to berkeley, but kids aren't that dumb, are they?

i guess it's just the inconsideration. given, a lot of kids are "considerate," but they won't give joe homeless-person any change when he begs you for some, nor will they take a flyer if you hand them one at sproul. that's somewhat of a problem, self-sufficiency on campus: you get people who are all gung-ho about some topic, and then on the other extreme, you got kids who just don't care.

i'm way too involved to even say anything. in any case, boys and girls, next time we have linguistics lecture, turn off your motherfucking phones. it's only the respectful thing to do.

posted by Open Source Food @ 11:46 PM