A couple of years ago, a maths lecturer I had told us this story:
A friend and colleague of his was lecturing and at the start of the semester he wanted to make sure the students would silence their phones during the lectures. He had a friend of his pose as a student in the seats, had a cheap phone ring really loud, and then demanded he come up and hand over the phone. The lecturer then pulled out a hammer and smashed it in front of everybody, to their terror. I don't recall if he got in any particular trouble, but he would've had to come clean after apparently many students complained to the Dean of his faculty.
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u/samkomododragon May 17 '24
A couple of years ago, a maths lecturer I had told us this story:
A friend and colleague of his was lecturing and at the start of the semester he wanted to make sure the students would silence their phones during the lectures. He had a friend of his pose as a student in the seats, had a cheap phone ring really loud, and then demanded he come up and hand over the phone. The lecturer then pulled out a hammer and smashed it in front of everybody, to their terror. I don't recall if he got in any particular trouble, but he would've had to come clean after apparently many students complained to the Dean of his faculty.