School

My class is chugging along. I'm not as inspired to go to it for two reasons. The first is the teacher. She is of a really err.. shall we say 'unique' disposition. She got REALLY angry when I asked her a question the first class, in front of the class, and since then, it has been walking on eggshells with her. I notice she's definitely trying to be nicer to me.. throwing out compliments here and there.. and I'm trying to act as yielding and non-confrontational as the lobotomized cat in the psych 11 texbook, but I still cannot bring myself to ask her anymore questions in front of the class from now on.

Which sucks, because we are doing math and graphics-related stuff now (the 2nd reason I'm not as inspired), which I find challenging. I want to learn more about plants and less about angles and measurements.

I noticed last class, when other students asked her questions in front of the class, she ignored one question that politely questioned her information in more depth than she was willing to go, and to the other student, she just replied 'HUH?' and shook her head in a 'Are you speaking alien-talk?' way when he provided additional info she wasn't familiar with. How are students supposed to learn when their questions are responded to with such hostility?

All of this adds up to me feeling rather miserable in the class, especially since I gave up 2/3rds of my income plus tuition to take the class. I guess maybe next time I will post questions on local discussion forums, asking people to PM me with info about the teacher and class, before registering.