November 5, 2024

25 thoughts on “Hotel Prof. Erupts: ‘YAWN OUTSIDE!’

  1. At last, the Cornell professors are enforcing discipline. If we want to call ourselves adults, we should act like adults. He should have made everyone stand for the rest of class.

  2. i was thinking the tall guy from Penn & Teller…..Penn? Could have sworn I saw Talbert on Hells Kitchen a couple weeks ago….same grey suit and the classic Penn/Teller look!

  3. It is time that professors remembered that they are employee’s of these institutions and that it is their job to teach, not act as the guardians of ‘politeness’. Clearly, from his behavior this instructor has no idea what proper decorum is and as such his ranting about it is both hypocritical and unprofessional. Small minded people tend in my experience to seek out positions of artificial authority as they lack the talent to gain it through respect earned from their actual talents and achievements.
    I would hope that Cornell’s administrators will take some disciplinary action in this situation and publicly admonish the profess or for his behavior.

  4. Poor, pampered students. Median grade a B-? Wow – try majoring in a hard core science, where the median for many courses is a C+.

  5. I think this is only important because it is the hotel school. This isn’t like other classes where even though your professor may be top in his field does he have a real effect on your future. Many of these students are specializing in hospitality management where it is important that they make good impressions.

  6. “try majoring in a hard core science, where the median for many courses is a C+.”

    FALSE. At least at Cornell. Last semester there was one C+ (in math), and the semester before there was one C+ (in bio).

    Mostly I find the video to be hilarious. If I were a professor, this would make me think twice about having my lectures filmed. We all have our bad sides, nobody wants theirs filmed. (See: Mel Gibson.)

  7. I go to Central University and I’ve seen professors over there with better self-control than this! I’m pretty sure that the student’s yawn was not to be intentionally rude and apparently, this guy is not grasping the full attention of his students if they find his lecture boring as hell. And that verbally abusive tirade of his just makes him look even more unprofessional.

    Having a college degree just means you’re intelligent…it doesn’t make you God of the campus, nor does it mean you can command respect whenever you please.

  8. I also lecture at Cornell, and Mr. Talbert’s behavior in this instance embarrasses me. I could never conceive of treating my students in such a high-handed and arrogant manner. It destroys utterly the ability to maintain an open dialog, which is such a core component of effective teaching.

  9. I dont lecture at Cornell, but elsewhere, and I couldnt give a damn if a student yawns or falls asleep, other than wondering if my lecture is boring and needs to be reworked. Students are tired, and work hard, and wasting the time of all the students who are paying attention is pointless and counterproductive.

    And quizzing the students on the size of a megabyte? I cannot fathom a more useless thing to demand they know.

  10. Can’t comment on how good a teacher is, but he seemed perfectly justified in this video. You can yawn without making a sound. Regardless of the reason, it really does come across as rude to the person talking. Plus, of course, yawning’s contagious. Even just the sound of it makes everyone else tired.

    I’ve yawned in class before, but just got my head down and kept it quiet.

  11. This is a joke, right? Yawning doesn’t actually require any sound. If a student made noise when yawning, it was a deliberate act of rudeness. I don’t see this man’s response as being unjustified. He gets very angry and manages to never sound unreasonable.

  12. This guy should be fired. How majorly unprofessional. There are no words for how inappropriate his behavior was in this situation.

  13. Mr. Talbert should, at the very least, have an intervention to aid him in approving his classroom manner. Meanwhile, how funny would it be if people took his direction and constantly and repeatedly got up and left the room when the urge to yawn came upon them.
    During my time at Cornell, I had the honor of hearing many gifted professors. I would be hopeful that this gaffe in behavior is a waypoint on the path to excellence.

  14. Talbert is a f***ing immature d*****bag. He can go f*** himself. Who does he think pays his salary. Cornell should fire the f****ing asshole.

  15. I am quite surprised and horrified at the arrogance of this insecure guy. Get over the fact that you were not smart enough to get a PhD and that you are, frankly, in your flowery parlance, a “looser” at Cornell, which boosts faculty that not just has no dearth of doctorate degree holders but contains people who are certainly more accomplished in their fields than you can ever be in yours.

    Also if your students don’t like your lectures, get over it. That is if you don’t want to do something to make them interesting, which, I am sure, you will not!!

    Someone needs to refer this guy to counseling. And fast. He has some serious mental issues and he needs to get them sorted out. Cornell’s administration needs to wake up. If this insecure lecturer is not disciplined and he does not get psychological help, it is not a stretch to say that HE WILL BE THE NEXT AMY BISHOP!!!!

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