Is Gen X Raising Our Children in Barns?

This note on Civility in the Classroom from Local University:

• Learning cannot effectively occur in a chaotic environment of disrespect and incivility toward one another.
• Learning is an active enterprise characterized by the sharing and discussion of ideas.
• It is your responsibility to maintain classroom behavior that is professional, courteous and sensitive to the rights of others.
• Get to class on time. Entering late disrupts the class for the instructor and your classmates and is just plain rude!
• Raise your hand and ask to be recognized. Do not interrupt.
• Leave personal stereos at home or stow them in your backpack. Do not use them during class. This is both rude and disrespectful.
• Turn off your cell phone. Calls and text messages can be returned later.
• If you have a problem or a question that requires discussion, make an appointment with your instructor during his/her office hours. Your instructor may have a class immediately before your class, after your class, or both. Catching them in the hall on the way to class or while leaving class is not a good idea in most cases.
• If you disagree with something, do it in a tactful and professional way. Yelling and screaming will get you nowhere.
• Treat everyone in the class, including your instructor, as you wish to be treated.

So, um, this is not all completely obvious? Is it the kids? Their parents? Or have the children figured out that they're "customers" in the "corporate university" and are behaving like customers? Note, please, that in this genteel reminder of manners, there is no policy on "customer accountability" for being a jackass. I don't know about you, but one of the reasons I went for the PhD and wanted to teach grown-ups was this: I have worked in the service industry.

This is not a service industry.

Being in any of these ways out of line in my classroom gets you right up and out of my classroom. Why? Because part of my job is to make sure that all the other "customers" in that room get their money's worth. And, frankly, because I just do not have to put up with your crap, dear.