May 20th, 2006

This whole week was not too bad. Not too bad at all. I have a colleague that had a horrible week this time round. The first day on Monday, his class of 4 pax turned out to be 18 and so there were things that one needs to setup to ensure that the class goes smoothly. This also means the materials for the participants were not enough. Photocopies were handed out instead. Problem that arisen from that is the participants were not allowed to scribble anything on the photocopied materials. The air-conditioning broke down (again) and it was agonizing for my colleague because it adds on the agitation to the participants. The participants were mostly guys and ONE female. In a classroom full of men and one lady stood out. Hmmm... guess who is the center of attention and guess who wants to share the computer/sit next to this lady? If that wasn't enough, Mr. Murphy decided to waltz into my friend's class and utterly, totally, demoralized the guy by making the equipment stop functioning and the lab to failed at certain areas. Man, I thought I had it bad. This is worse. Oh well, I'm glad that he's experienced enough to handle this kind of set backs and I'm sure he's glad that it's over. Time to move on.