Snickering Professors...

So, I have a four hour summer school class once a week. Because of the unbearably long undergraduate time structure of this class, our professor gives us a break about halfway through the class.

...by the way if you are in a similarly long class without breaks, you should look into student labor laws; I'm pretty sure the 28th Amendment entitles you to a break at least every 2 hours of intense listening, and every one hour if the listening is composed of other classmates' oral presentations...

So, during the break, the professor and a student that the prof. has had in a past class were chatting it up. (Yep.) And they were talking about another student who attends the class (but was obviously busy taking full advantage of her break at the time).

So ...this student is slightly obnoxious. For confidentiality purposes (yeah, right) I will name her Pretty-Witty. (As in, "No shit Sherlock, you're pretty witty," being said while one was indeed not in conversation with the actual Sherlock Holmes.)

Pretty Witty gets her kicks by repeating others answers in verbal paraphrasing plagiarism scams and by looking for key words in the general discussion to comment on that will somehow make the conversation about her and completely irrelevant. For example:

Prof: "What are some examples of society's universal morals or values?"

Random student raises hand... " Charity, like, philanthropy, giving back."

Prof: "Good, good...what else?"

Pretty-Witty A raises hand...:" Like, um, giving to the poor? You know, I read this article on how people really value the idea of giving back. That's definitely important to American society as a whole."

Hmm...I feel as if I've heard that somewhere before.

-Or-

Prof: "Usually ethics come into play when two very important values or obligations butt heads... Professionals like doctors and lawyers, for example, practice confidentiality when discussing private affairs with a client, who may disclose some unsettling information if overheard...." (something like this, blah blah blah)

Pretty-Witty-A raises hand...:" One time my mother was in Parshon's restaurant, when it was still there, and she overheard a conversation of these guys talking about how much they've stolen from houses..."

Thank you Pretty-Witty for that well-interjected comment.

It's bad enough that the school requires all media majors to take a class called "Ethics in the Media" which is kind of an insult to our intelligence as a collective student body, and which, in itself, is a paradox. (I'm sorry, the media has ethics?) O_o ... But now I am forced to listen to you regurgitate 5 minute old comments made by fellow classmates and hear about your mom, and her personal IRRELEVANT dilemmas.

Please, take a moment while applying another layer of lip gloss; rethink your comments...
Has someone already said this today?
Will this benefit the class?
...or am I just trying to share a story about myself?

Toast to all the Pretty-Witties out there.
This one's for you.