Final Exam?

Question

I tottaly forgot till today, but during my final exam in December, there was a girl sitting next to me who stopped half way, reached down to her purse and opened a bag of Doritos and started eating them!! I was thinking that was sooooo inappropriate to do during the final exam, and i CANT stand chewing noises. I'm surprised the Professor didn't say anything.
YES or NO? Should students be eating during finals?

Answer 1

NO! If she had been sitting next to me, I would have made sure the professor knew what was going on by saying loud enough for everyone to hear "Eat AFTER you get out of here. I don't want to listen to your chewing!" I have done the same to people the sniffle or cough excessively during exams. Leave the room to blow your nose or get a drink of water, what have you... just STFU while others are taking the exam!

Answer 2

NO. Definitely students should NOT eat during an exam. It is disturbing to others, and is also considered as a bad manner.

Answer 3

No, it's not appropriate. If you want to eat, eat something quiet like a Clif bar or soemthing. If you really have a problem with it, bring it up to the prof at that time.

Now, don't give yourself unnecessary grief by dwelling on it.

Answer 4

Of course not. And this is your life here - why the hell wouldn't you have told the proctor this was going on?

At a minimum she would have been told to stop - otherwise, she would have been kicked out. This is a Final for God's sake.

Answer 5

You could fairly have drawn your professor's attention to this. We are sometimes reluctant to do anything if only we are annoyed. But if a student indicates that s/he finds such behaviour distracting we are glad to do something about it.

Answer 6

I personally think you're making a mountain out of a molehill, but from the other responses it looks like I'm alone on this.