Donald H. McBurney wrote: > When someone's cellphone > goes off I say, "Tell my mother I'm too busy to talk right now." This seems > to convey the message that this is an intolerable interruption of class.
My standard line is this: "If that's for me, tell them that I'm busy right now." I don't know if this has been effective (no double-blind, placebo-controlled trials have been done), but I have never had a student answer a phone call during class (knock on plastic). Jeff -- Jeffry P. Ricker, Ph.D. Office Phone: (480) 423-6213 9000 E. Chaparral Rd. FAX Number: (480) 423-6298 Psychology Department [EMAIL PROTECTED] Scottsdale Community College Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626 Listowner: Psychologists Educating Students to Think Skeptically (PESTS) http://www.sc.maricopa.edu/sbscience/pests/index.html --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
