I found that religious minded students were more than ready to interject what the bible says about any given topic regardless of weather it added to or was appropriate in the context of the discussion (philosophy class was the most onerous class that the god bothers couldn't help but sideline). In economics class it was the gold standard fools cramming in the latest exciting ideas from Ron Paul any time they thought they could shoehorn it in. I got real tired of these people trying to sideline class time with their personal preoccupations. I even got rude about it at points, I suppose I made an unsafe space for the discussion of religion or gold. "We are studying ancient Greek philosophy, not Jesus, your leaping 400 years ahead." Teachers were afraid to say anything, you could see their eyes glaze over at the 40th bible quotation of the semester but they were rarely going to do anything but try and gently steer things back on track.
Hmm. Reading your comment, I kind of get why my experience was probably pretty different. Christianity was rarely the focus of the conversation and I doubt if it started to occur, anyone would tolerate any proselytizing. I went to a community college, so even "enrichment" classes were full of people with little time and little money to feel like their attention was being wasted. I personally used to absolute detest people who derailed classes and the people who did it were often repeat offenders. Any time their hands would shoot up there really would be a collective groan from other students. I hated most people who'd waste class time to squabble with the teachers over assignments and grades, as if office hours didn't exist or something. That said, when religion was discussed, it was brought up as part of the lesson by the teacher. A real good example is, in my Asian History class, besides a whole week being devoted just to focusing on religion, the subject was brought up often from everything from philosophy, to governance and politics, to economics, trade, and population shifts. It was some darn fascinating stuff. Had I had your experience, I'd have hated it too.
Oh yea, you know exactly who I'm talking about. I really liked community college, Most everyone was vary focused on getting their shit done but I found that there were just as many people looking to derail shit in community as there was at university.I personally used to absolute detest people who derailed classes and the people who did it were often repeat offenders. Any time their hands would shoot up there really would be a collective groan from other students. I hated most people who'd waste class time to squabble with the teachers over assignments and grades, as if office hours didn't exist or something.