why is Jorge disruptive during English class?
956921
Because he doesn't understand a lot of what is being taught so he distracts everyone so they don't notice his lack of knowledge.  If he pays attention maybe he won't be so insecure and can learn more.
1134293
Talk to your teacher after class and let them know that this boy bothers you and you would really like to have your seat moved.  Tell your teacher that he is distracting you from doing your best in class.  Hopefully your teacher will understand, but if he/she won't change your seat, you could always talk to the principle or have your parents talk to the teacher.  Good luck!
736180
You'll regret it.  Challenging his ego in class is much worse than him challenging yours. Talk to him after class or in office hours, and if it gets worse, go over his head to complain.
322101
brianl for the rest of the class thinks he is cool and knows something the rest of us don't. but see that is where brianl is suffering from delusions of grandeur. as you can see this is illness afflicts many people at answers and it is up to us to help those who can't help themselves. he needs to feel intellectual superior to others but as we have seen in the past its usually some sarcastic witch who comes along and brings them down the pit from which they have managed to claw their way out of. the answer is i am not a sheep so easily lead to the slaughter. i have lots of opinions none of which you could being to understand. so next time try not to be so condescending. i have found over the years it is usually those people with small things that ape your kind of behavior.
292959
Most schools have code of conduct for its students.  He could be in violation of the code of conduct and be subject to penalties including expulsion from the school.  You may also seek an injunction against harassment from the courts on the grounds of the habitual harassment from the classmate if you are in college and not high school.
1041680
Amen brother, It bothers me too. But you have to understand that most of them have also low education and their spanish is not going to be completely "proper", plus they don't really speak spanish all the time and the environment forces the to use only english. By the way I'm hispanic too, but you have to know when and how to speak properly. Chao!
547694
Language classes are there to be skipped.
970541
There is no question in my mind that bullies who intimidate other students cause those students to be so fearful that they cannot keep their mind on their studies. If they are disruptive in class, of course the teacher has to take his or her time to correct the problem - time which should have been spent teaching the class.\n\ns
195095
1. Judging by your question, they don't pay attention in English class.\n\n2. Cell phones make students obsessed with keeping intimate tabs on all of their friends at all times, thereby making them extremely boring to talk with or study with because the phone keeps ringing.
953568
maybe his voice is loud. or maybe he's mad at you for something you did. some people talk loud cause they cant hear themselves well. so he's not really yelling at you, he's talking, but loudly. LOL
412945
There was a guy in one of my classes at college whom no one noticed really.  He wasn't drop dead gorgeous, and he didn't talk much.  Finally halfway through the semester he opened his mouth and in a beautiful british accent said, "Well it's not really like that, is it?"  \n\nEvery head on our side of the room turned towards him and our mouths fell open.  The next day John was surrounded by women.
822124
I don't care as long as the accent does not interfere in the lessons and causes difficulty in understanding what is being said. For example, I have a geography professor in college that has a very thick accent, and it was so hard to understand from the beginning. I thought that I would never get used to it. Half a year has passed so far, and it is getting so much better because I got used to it. Still, sometimes, when she talks it's kind of hard to understand. What's crazy is that there is this one student in the class, and he gives perfect answers to every question. But he uses words that are hard for her to understand, so she would always ask him, "What do you mean?" So, yeah. I completely understand what you're talking about. It is hard, and I hope that I don't get anyone like that again this upcoming semester.
109511
Even the answers here can't get it right. Only one other so far had no spelling mistakes.  I wish I knew what the solution was to this because it bothers me, too.  It is not an earth-shattering problem of life-threatening proportions, but for sure it indicates a lesser degree of pride in our work product, and a greater degree of laziness as he said above.  I don't see it as a time saver, because I can spell correctly just as quickly as incorrectly. As for the crowded classroom argument, I went to a school that had 3 grades to each room with only one teacher, but we worked and we learned and we still know our stuff. *Throw my hands into the air!*
983982
I totally agree with you about this.  Unfortunately (or not, depending on your stance) for me I was taught in a Grammar school in the early sixties.  We had the most wonderful English teacher who taught us, with great enthusiasm for the subject, the whole gamut of English Grammar.  One of her favourite sayings was, "There's no such thing as nice!! Nice doesn't mean anything, do not use the word."\n\nShe also objected to the phrase 'All of a sudden' because there is no such thing as a sudden!  Little things like that, from a teacher one likes, tend to stick and, having reached 'A' Grade in my English Language 'O' Level (the only 'A' I got!) I have found that I have become pedantic and niggly about the way English is now spoken and spelt.\n\nI am afraid I also have the unfortunate habit of labelling people who cannot spell as merely lazy!  I know this is probably a bit extreme and does not apply in some cases, but I can't help feeling this way.\n\nI correct announcers on television and radio, and sometimes find myself correcting people with whom I am having a conversation.  I have corrected and sent back Mail shots received, and please don't start me off on the aberrant apostrophe!!!\n\nI am sure the English language is fading away and in time all so-called English speaking people will be speaking a sort of mid-Atlantic shorthand. I find it sad that people cannot be bothered to try to speak and write correctly, particularly when small, ancient languages, such as Welsh and Gaelic, are bouyant and well practised through the genuine love of their people for their language.\n\nSorry to go on but this is rather a flag-waver for me and I find it difficult to stop, once started.
188016
I remember when I got in trouble for answering a question CORRECTLY.  I think the teacher felt threatened because I had a better understanding of English (the subject, not the language) than she did.  My parents are both former English teachers, what can I say?  She was talking about something and said "I can't remember what it's called when you can spell a word the same forward and backward."  I answered that is was a "palindrome."  She said, "Oh, I remember now.  It's a homophone!"  I answered, very respectfully, that a homophone is something that sounds the same.  (homo=same, phone=sound)  She snarled at me and told me to go look it up.  I was right, and ever since that day, she tried to make everything harder on me, or would make sarcastic comments like "What do YOU think, smarty-pants?"  Still made an "A", and thank God I only had her one year.
1142590
No, he's just an extreme example of the Peter principle.\n\nOr maybe he is a machine. That would explain the jerky movements and the speech glitches.
961877
Praise him for seeing that it doesn't make sense.  He is very insightful.  Explain to him the fact that our English language doesn't always follow it's own rules and certain letters have the same or similar sounds and we just have to learn the inconsistancies and that it is totally normal to be confused right now.