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[ytuque]

So I am giving a lecture at a uni and two guys are leaning against each other like they are on a date. One starts playing with the other's chest and pinching his nipples.

I have little patience for ass banditry and heavy petting in a classroom environment, so I said, "why don't you two leave and go find a hotel." It just popped out and shocked my students.

This really is a serious question. What is an acceptable way to stop this 'Brokeback Mountain' behavior in class?

[Underwaterbob]

Funny that middle school kids act more mature than university students in a classroom environment. Sorry, I have no advice for you.

[xingyiman]

[Yu_Bum_suk]

I've seen so much of that kind of thing at my middle / high school that I don't even notice it anymore. The other day I had another girl picking through her friend's hair like a monkey looking for ticks. As long as it's not disturbing class or they're not doing their work, who cares?

[thematrixiam]

I had my middle school kids gropping each other and touching.

All I did was act very accepting of their behaviour. and ambivalent to the fact that it's the norm for straight men to do this.

I did this by asking 'oh, boyfriend?'

when they said no, I followed up by 'girlfriend' and pointed to another girl beside them. That way it didn't seem like I was just picking on them.

It made me look like a foreigner accepting of gay behaviour. And it made them think that what they were doing was leading me to believe that they were gay.

[Yu_Bum_suk]

[Stevie_B]

[ytuque]

Stevie_B

I was actually lecturing about English. And if you knew more about this subject, you would know that it is acceptable to start a sentence with a conjunction. In fact, two of the three texts that I am using this semester have examples. Many writers do this. Perhaps, you should read more.

In your simple mind, I am a bigot because I don't think playing with another student's nipples is acceptable in a classroom. Ok, I am a bigot. Now, do you feel superior?

[Stevie_B]

[jkelly80]

Nipple pinching is not culturally relative.

[ytuque]

Then feel superior if it will make you feel better about yourself.

[nicholas_chiasson]

You should have made it a gay threesome right there. Obviously. Why are you even asking? Join the Party!

[NightSky]

[kiwiduncan]

[ytuque]

Does this touching and borderline groping take place in classes taught by Koreans? I suspect their casual behavior indicates their attitude about English language studies in general. I know a few Korean professors but not well enough to ask them about this situation.