On Tuesdays, I have a class with Spanish students for 1 hour. 55 minutes to be exact. 12-12:55. Not too bad.
Today, we got out of our grammar class at noon, and I rushed over to this next class. the door was closed and locked, and of the 40+ students that are in the class, there were maybe 10 outside waiting. They didn't really seem to care. I went to the bathroom, came back, now 5 past 12, and the door, still locked, professor still hasn't arrived. Hey, I'm not complaining. But at least let us know if you're going to cancel class. Shoot, spoke too soon. She shows up a minute later. This is approximately how the class went after that:
12:07-12:10: teacher enters the room and sets up her computer and powerpoint.
12:10-12:13: teacher passes out a few packets of notes to a few delegates, which everyone will obtain at some point to make copies.
12:13-12:20: Students continually ask if she can simply send the notes via email; students discuss the prices of making photocopies; teacher claims--incorrectly--that making photocopies is cheaper than printing off at home; one student talks about putting them on the class's online folder; professor doesn't know how to do this so the student walks her through it on her computer; after all that, teacher decides not to post it on there.
12:21-12:27: (I actually remember looking at my watch at 12:27)...teacher reviews what was gone over the last class. Sometimes that's good, but it was unnecessary in this case.
12:28 or so: we finally get started on the day's material: extensions of education. She asks why they're called "extensions".
12:28-12:31: she says "no" to about 20 different attempted answers by students.
12:31: we start to talk about hair extensions.
12:32-12:55: we talk about the actual extensions of education, which were more or less what those volunteers had already said in class.
All in all, a productive class session...I learned a lot.
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