flabbergasted

I had heard other law students complain about law students who were incredibly obnoxious. I must confess that up until the first day of classes this semester, I had thought the complaints were slightly exaggerated. In my section, there are people who talk more than others, but the discussion is always respectful and usually the comments are concise and intelligent. There was only one person (whom I have never discussed here) that I disliked, and it's because I feel that person acted unethically at times.

Alas, now I know how much I should appreciate my section.

My Employment Discrimination class met for the first time yesterday, and I met the Obnoxious Law Student. He must have raised his hand ten times within the first forty minutes.

This was the first day of class. The very first day! There is simply no way to make repeated intelligent contributions to the class on the first day; a single well-considered contribution should be considered a victory. Ten times, however, is not a victory; it's a bloody mess. The class visibly turned against him.

At first I was ready to forgive the overenthusiasm, but then OLS managed to move me from annoyed to incredulous.

He corrected the professor's opinion. Not his facts, his opinion.

Color me astonished.