Skiprr,Skiprr wrote: I did have one other post-class comment I didn't think about until I was driving home, and part of this may have to do with the unusual 40s-and-raining-in-April conditions yesterday, so Charles and Marc can take this with a grain of salt. At the lunch break, we were given information about area eateries, and left on our own. If there had been a way for us to all chip in and have food and drink delivered (pizza would have been fine), it would have been nice, I think, to stay and have lunch in the classroom, get to know our classmates better, and have some off-the-record, informal Q&A with the instructors about the course. I think it would be easier to control the timing of the day if everyone didn't have to drive away from PSC to eat, and I think there would be a lot to gain in an additional hour of conversation. The course is inexpensive; adding a charge for lunch would be easy for students to absorb.
I appreciate your comments on this. Lunch is always a puzzle. In some ways it's good to let everyone get out of there for a bit. In addition, instructors usually need a break. It's a lot easier in that regard having more than one instructor, but still ... For the class this past Saturday, as it turns out, Charles and I had to spend most of the time setting up the bay for the practical part, so ...
But having lunch there, one way or another, can also be good. At the very least it saves travel time.
There have been times we have either told everyone to 'brown bag it' or had something delivered (usually pizza), and from comments posted it looks highly likely we will do something like that for the PPOH class.
Again, thanks for the comments.
TraCoun