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[MrKappus]

"A statement of opinion or belief considered authoritative because of the dignity of the person making it" Blacks Law Dic

On TLS, that person is I, good sir.

Now... back to the matter at hand. Burger, I was only messn around. Relax.

I'm sorry, gotta say it: you misused "dicta." No one here considers authoritative your opinion/belief that your classmate's gay, so it's not dicta. Not even TLS dicta. Sorrrrrry.

[12262010]

"A statement of opinion or belief considered authoritative because of the dignity of the person making it" Blacks Law Dic

On TLS, that person is I, good sir.

Now... back to the matter at hand. Burger, I was only messn around. Relax.

congratulations, you are retarded.

[soaponarope]

"A statement of opinion or belief considered authoritative because of the dignity of the person making it" Blacks Law Dic

On TLS, that person is I, good sir.

Now... back to the matter at hand. Burger, I was only messn around. Relax.

I'm sorry, gotta say it: you misused "dicta." No one here considers authoritative your opinion/belief that your classmate's gay, so it's not dicta. Not even TLS dicta. Sorrrrrry.

Wait... no one here considers me authoritative? No one? I mean, I have 60 some odd posts! I've been a member to the TLS for almost a year!

No fucking shit Sherlock. It was a J-O-K-E.

[Jack Smirks]

Wait... no one here considers me authoritative? No one? I mean, I have 60 some odd posts! I've been a member to the TLS for almost a year!

No fucking shit Sherlock. It was a J-O-K-E F-A-I-L.

[chup]

"A statement of opinion or belief considered authoritative because of the dignity of the person making it" Blacks Law Dic

On TLS, that person is I, good sir.

Now... back to the matter at hand. Burger, I was only messn around. Relax.

I'm sorry, gotta say it: you misused "dicta." No one here considers authoritative your opinion/belief that your classmate's gay, so it's not dicta. Not even TLS dicta. Sorrrrrry.

Wait... no one here considers me authoritative? No one? I mean, I have 60 some odd posts! I've been a member to the TLS for almost a year!

No fucking shit Sherlock. It was a J-O-K-E.

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[Duralex]

The only person approaching gunner status (as I see it) in my section comes off as more of a self-professed nerd than a gunner. Though he gets off on pedantic nitpicking, he doesn't seem that competitive about it (more compulsive--he just can't relent when unsatisfied.) And the rest of the frequent participators (which I'm trying to hold myself back from) seem like they are more on the dorky and honestly engaged trip than they seem outright gunnerish. Maybe it will manifest over time, but I haven't seen any early indications of cannibalistic tendencies yet...we'll see what happens as midterm approaches.

[270910]

Ugh, can we include this thread itself as a gunner story?

Way too meta.

[charlesjd]

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[TCScrutinizer]

I want to raise my hand, because I'm tired of people missing the point, but I think I'm subconsciously worried that I've missed the point too.

[savagedm]

During my property class the professor was explaining how free market politics drive property law. He was specifically avoiding a political arguments and ramifications because it was a discussion he wanted to go over at a later date once we understood the law better. However, there was this one dude who is gunnertastic that insisted on raising his hand, interrupting the professor, and trying to explain for 5 mins why the professor's theory was flawed.

[revolution724]

My section had a notorious gunner who once yelled out at the professor, "You're WRONG!" in the middle of class. I speculate that he was practicing to be a Republican senator.

[horriblegb]

I want to raise my hand, because I'm tired of people missing the point, but I think I'm subconsciously worried that I've missed the point too.

+1

[Duralex]

TCScrutinizer wrote:
I want to raise my hand, because I'm tired of people missing the point, but I think I'm subconsciously worried that I've missed the point too.


+1

Yeah. I sometimes want to do this. But I don't. That's not our job. It takes a minute to shake those kind of college habits, but a LS lecture is not a college conference/seminar. This realization appears to be happening for most of the people in my section. I'm trying out a provisional rule of thumb never to offer hypos during in class Q&A--only request clarifications. "Is it that X is so" (or, more basically "what is X") rather than "if X was Y." The idea is that any question I ask should produce some kind of concrete explication of a seemingly ambiguous element of a rule or other distinction of use. Otherwise I will ask the question on my own time. Mercifully, none of us seem to be given to arguing with the prof. (Although one person was line-stepping today.) If I'm having trouble accepting something such that I want to argue about it, I'll linger after class (when usually other people are waiting to air the same objections and the prof can dispense with all of us at once) or send a question via email/go to office hours (which I haven't felt compelled to do yet.)

Is gunnerism supposed to increase over the semester, or is it expected to manifest at its highest levels up front? Can I be pleased that my section is by and large cool, or are people going to get worse?

[Compaq1984]

1st day of Legal Writing (20-25 people)...

Supposed to brief a case for class and the prof calls on a student who after a couple seconds makes it very obvious that he doesnt know a whole lot about it... While hes wrapping up his weak effort, this gunner cuts him off in mid sentence with a loud, "NO!...No, No..." [while shaking head in disgust]

Then he proceeds to pull out his 2-pages of notes about the case and recite them for the next 5-10 minutes....[Class is frozen in disbelief]


And... He was rocking a shirt, tie, and the obligatory "gunner" sweater draped over his shoulders...

[usuaggie]

another section has passed around a good story about a gunner (who gunned at orientation) saying "no, you're reading it all wrong, bro" while another student was talking. apparently, he misquoted a small fact or something, but was spot on the point of the case.

[jkay]

During orientation week, a kid vehemently argued with the prof over whether dissenting opinions carried precedential weight.

I actually felt pity for the guy.

[romothesavior]

I'm really looking forward to watching some of these firsthand. Most people at orientation have seemed really down-to-earth and friendly, but I have a feeling that once some of the niceties wear off, people will let their true colors shine. Overall I think my class is fantastic, but I have already spotted a few people who I think could be on my "Gunner Watchlist."

[legalease9]

We are tallying this one girls hand raises, I believe her record in one class so far is 20. Yes, we hate her.

Thats a lot of hand raises!

[rynabrius]

I think people worry way too much about gunner/non-gunner. If you want to raise your hand and ask a question, so long as it is not inane, I think you should do so. I think the "gunner" stigma creates a bimodal distribution of participation, thus exacerbating the 'gunner' problem. In other words, if people weren't so worried about being perceived as gunners, the class would be livelier, and the true gunners wouldn't be so annoying.

Take it from me, I was a gunner.

PS: I much prefer an honest gunner--one who shows up to class on time and prepared, asks good questions, but is not arrogant/filibustering--to a lazy slacker who thinks they are entitled to speak despite quite obviously not preparing. If you're going to make comments like, "Who's Lord Coke? His name is _awesome_," then perhaps silence should be your path to eloquence.

PPS: Regarding hypos--if you can construct good hypos that get at unresolved problems in the caselaw, by all means proffer them if the professor is receptive. One of my hypos more or less made it onto the final exam, and I breezed through that issue. Also, it's fun, and might even turn into a note topic! Just don't feel the "need" to present hypos--in general, don't speak unless you have something interesting to say, and honestly want to learn. If your motive is to impress others, reconsider raising that hand

[revolution724]

I think people worry way too much about gunner/non-gunner.

I think people don't quite get the actual point, which is "don't be a dick." If you're smarter, work harder, or have more creative class commentary than your peers, fine, but that doesn't give you license to steamroll over them or to be a know-it-all about it. They're your current and future colleagues, and they'll remember you. A person is not a gunner because he or she is smart or works hard. A person is a gunner because he or she behaves obnoxiously and not collegially.

Perhaps a related point might be that even if you think you understand something better than the professor does or the professor's plainly wrong, the odds of that actually being true are very low, and even if it IS true, you should behave respectfully to professors both because they'll be writing you recommendations and because you'll someday have to behave respectfully to partners and judges who you might also think are completely wrong. There are ways to disagree diplomatically and deferentially, and there are ways to curb the arrogance and acknowledge that if you think the professor is completely wrong, you don't have to blurt it out or get into an argument in the middle of class. Email and private discussions later both have the potential for clearing up misunderstanding and also don't waste your classmates' time.

[rynabrius]

I think people worry way too much about gunner/non-gunner.

I think people don't quite get the actual point, which is "don't be a dick." If you're smarter, work harder, or have more creative class commentary than your peers, fine, but that doesn't give you license to steamroll over them or to be a know-it-all about it. They're your current and future colleagues, and they'll remember you. A person is not a gunner because he or she is smart or works hard. A person is a gunner because he or she behaves obnoxiously and not collegially.

Perhaps a related point might be that even if you think you understand something better than the professor does or the professor's plainly wrong, the odds of that actually being true are very low, and even if it IS true, you should behave respectfully to professors both because they'll be writing you recommendations and because you'll someday have to behave respectfully to partners and judges who you might also think are completely wrong.

I agree with all of this. That's why I think the term "gunner" is misleading. It would be better to just call douches douches, and leave the secondary characteristics out of it.

[solidsnake]

I think people worry way too much about gunner/non-gunner. If you want to raise your hand and ask a question, so long as it is not inane, I think you should do so. I think the "gunner" stigma creates a bimodal distribution of participation, thus exacerbating the 'gunner' problem. In other words, if people weren't so worried about being perceived as gunners, the class would be livelier, and the true gunners wouldn't be so annoying.

Take it from me, I was a gunner.

cr

[romothesavior]

Gunners are like obscenity; I know it when I see it.

[charlesjd]

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