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obstructing classes

English translation: disrupting classes

13:09 Nov 4, 2006
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy / hyperactivity ADHD
English term or phrase: obstructing classes
Can someone give me a proper term for "obstructing classes" in school - where a bored hyperactive kid starts to babble and makes the class impossible to teach... is this ok:
"He constantly kept asking questions and was highly inattentive (he daydreamed a lot) which was the reason he obstructed classes."

Do you have anything better?

Thx guys and gals
alen botica (X)
Local time: 21:59
Selected answer:disrupting classes
Explanation:
or:
behaving disruptively in class
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Alexander Demyanov
Local time: 15:59
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4 +10disrupting classes
Alexander Demyanov
3 +2obstructing/disrupting/interrupting classes
Caryl Swift


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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +10
disrupting classes


Explanation:
or:
behaving disruptively in class

Alexander Demyanov
Local time: 15:59
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 23
Notes to answerer
Asker: thx - disrupting is also a good word


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Peter Shortall
25 mins
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agree  airmailrpl: -
50 mins
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agree  Tatiana Nero (X)
1 hr
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agree  maryrose: "the reason he disrupted classes" or "was disruptive in class"
1 hr
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agree  jccantrell: my first thought, too.
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agree  Alison Jenner
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agree  Olga Layer
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agree  Dave Calderhead
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agree  Sophia Finos (X)
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agree  Alfa Trans (X)
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
obstructing/disrupting/interrupting classes


Explanation:
I'd say that 'obstructing classes' is fine, but I've also added two more suggestions

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Note added at 12 mins (2006-11-04 13:22:11 GMT)
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As regards the commas, this is probably how I'd do it:

'He constantly kept asking questions and was highly inattentive, (he daydreamed a lot), which was the reason he obstructed classes.'

If I may offer another suggestion, I wonder if you really need to say 'constantly kept asking'. 'To keep doing smth' means 'to do something constantly/habitually/regularly', so the two in one sentence seem a little tautological. It might work better to have either:

'he constantly asked' or 'he kept asking' (or even 'he was always asking').

They're more or leass synonymous, so the only real difference is one of register - 'constantly' is more formal.



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Note added at 13 mins (2006-11-04 13:23:28 GMT)
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'...more or less...' - sorry about the typo

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Note added at 15 mins (2006-11-04 13:25:27 GMT)
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Re. punctuation - you could also do this, which might be better:

'........... and was highly inattentive (he daydreamed a lot), which .....'

Caryl Swift
Poland
Local time: 21:59
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: i think interrupting serves best

Asker: I figured the same thing out... I used - he kept asking... thank you for the notion...


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  airmailrpl: disrupting/interrupting classes
51 mins
  -> Thank you! :-)
agree  NancyLynn: I agree with you additional remarks about redundancy and punctuation
1 hr
  -> Thank you! :-)
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