This Summer Term is my first time being at BYU and sadly, I have to say I was very disappointed by how some of the BYU students act in a class.
How would you feel if the students you were teaching played games on their laptops, did Sudoku, texted and ate snacks during class?
This is what I saw in my class, and I was so embarrassed.
We need to show more respect for the professors because we are not in class only for the knowledge.
These students are not academically failing students. I overheard them speaking and one of them even receives a scholarship.
All students at BYU have good talents and skills. But if we fail to comply with the Honor Code by not respecting others, we may not be failing in our classes, but something more.
The BYU Academic Honesty Policy says “students come to the university not only to improve their minds, gain knowledge and develop skills that will assist them in their life’s work, but also to build character. President David O. McKay taught that character is the highest aim of education.”
Yes, I know the professor who teaches class repeats the same things over and over again and goes off on tangents.
Yes, I know the professors need to strive to improve, but regardless of that, we have to respect them and show respect during the class for our own sake — to reach the highest aim of education.
Sooryun Lee
Gumi, South Korea
