Dr. Walter Williams is an economics professor at George Mason University, and a frequent substitute host for the Rush Limbaugh program. I've always been extremely impressed with his writings, and by his thoughts when he's been on the air. This paragraph from his most recent column shows his cunning extends to the classroom, as well:
"At the beginning of each semester, I tell my students that I'm getting old and a cell phone ringing during my lecture could be devastating to my train of thought. Therefore, the penalty for a student's cell phone going off in class is a five percent reduction in his total points for the semester and a five percent reduction in the total points of the students sitting on either side of him. Of course, the students are shocked. The penalty might not be fair, penalizing a person for the actions of another, but I've not had trouble with cell phones going off in class."
I would love to sit in on one of his classes someday. I bet it's a stone trip.
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