Masterpiece Theatre, Episode 1
Posted on May 12, 2005
Shoulda known.
Last week, the instructor for the Literary Masterpieces class puts up a notice on Oncourse (a website for class announcements and stuff) saying that the class might be cancelled due to low enrollment (6 students at the time), but unless we heard anything, to go to class assuming it will take place. So this week, I have been pretty diligent about checking Oncourse for any announcements. I did see we had 7 students enrolled, so it looked like it would still take place.
Today, around 3:30, one of the other students posts a question about which building and classroom it will be in. I wrote it down last week and stuffed it in my wallet, just in case. I replied to the question, but then I checked the Schedule of Classes at the IUPUI website, and the class wasn’t listed. Strange, but I figured it was a SNAFU. I log into OneStart (kind of a multi-purpose website for students and employees) and check my personal schedule of classes. The class was still listed, but now the location was TBA. Strange, but since I hadn’t recieved any notice about the class being cancelled, I still assumed it was going to happen. I also figured I would go to the old classroom listed, since there was no new information on location.
I get out of work at 4:30 pm and the class doesn’t start until 6:00 pm, so I went to the bookstore and got something to eat (Carrot cake Clif bar and an OJ), then went to the library and surfed the web for an hour or so, until it got closer to the class time. I arrived early, making sure I could find the classroom. It took me about five minutes to find that, and while there were a couple of notices regarding classroom changes, neither of the notices was for my class. There was another student already there at about 5:45 pm, and by about 5:55 pm, another couple of students showed up. Six o’clock rolls around, then 6:05, and 6:10, nobody else had shown up, not even the instructor. By 6:15, the four of us had all given up and headed to the library to check Oncourse and email. No news.
I’m not pissed, but I am dissappointed. I mainly want to know if the class was cancelled, or merely relocated. Either way, somebody dropped the ball and forgot to mention it – to half of the class. My guess is it was cancelled, but since there were no announcements, I’m not sure.
Oh, well.
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