The Class

Just finished my first class, and was due to teach the next one - except the only working lab has been double-booked!!! So the second class got a day off.

I did hand out the manuals - and had one student come and complain about having to pay for it! Seems she's done "a whole lot of computer classes" and "can't she just photocopy it" and "can she withdraw from the class if she has to pay" etc... But she's always been a strange type. When I saw her on my class list I was none too pleased.

Anyway, the first class went OK, though I'm sure I talked to fast and went too fast - we finished the entire first chapter already! And the project I've given them won't take more than about 10 minutes if they know what's going on.... I'm on a learning curve. Will have to take it slower in the next class.

Unfortunately, with all the clashes in combining two course streams for one class, I'm now doing 5 hours teaching per week instead of 3, and it's spread over every day except Monday. Oh joy. Hope I survive this!