Reference no: EM133795854
Case Scenario:
Dr. Miles teaches French. She has been teaching for 25 years, was named the Professor of Foreign Language for the state of Georgia, and has always received excellent student evaluations. Students enroll in her class because of her reputation and because she makes learning a foreign language fun. Dr. Miles loves teaching, which is noted through her enthusiasm and subject expertise. She grew up in Belgium, travels extensively, and shares many stories, artifacts, and photographs with her learners.
This term, there are 25 students in her 8:00 AM class! Dr. Miles starts on time since she has a lot of material to share with her class. Dr. Miles' syllabus notes that class is to start and end on time and if a student is late to be respectful of others when entering class. Since it is an earlier class, it is not unusual for a few students to arrive a few minutes late, which Dr. Miles understands due to early morning traffic and other family responsibilities (like dropping off children at school). Students have always been quiet and polite if they arrive late, so this has never been an issue. Dr. Miles utilizes PowerPoint presentations and videos because she has a lot of visuals to share.
At the start of the second week, Shannon arrives 30 minutes late. To get to her seat, she walks in front of the screen and sits down. Immediately, she begins to chat with her friends about the weekend. While she is not exceedingly loud, she is not silent either. Dr. Miles stops talking, makes eye contact, and waits for Shannon to stop talking. When the professor continues to teach, Shannon starts to talk again as well. This occurs several times. Finally, the professor asks Shannon to stop talking, but this doesn't happen. At this point, Dr. Miles walks toward Shannon and asks her to leave the class. Shannon responds that she will not be leaving since she paid for the class. The professor replies that "Your actions are disruptive to me and everyone else. You do not have the right to keep others from learning. I want you to leave this classroom." Shannon still refuses to leave.
Question: If you were the professor, what would you do next? What would you say to Shannon and to the whole class? If you were a student in the class, what would you do or say?