another 5 min break

today started what looks to be a mammoth exploration of the magistrates court procedures... it is going to be mammoth because the lecturer has chosen to move at the pace of a snail. we are only to do a teeny bit of work at a time before moving on to a 5 minute break just in case we thought things were too hectic.

this is dramatically different to the pace of our mva guy who whizzed through it all at the speed of the latest ducati compared to our now 1959 ford. first it was great, a little teaser of information and then a 5min break, hmm this is good. then another snippet of info and poof another 5 min break. then another little tit bit and what do you know a 5 minute break and wow now it is tea time. this continued all the way to lunch.

students are not impartial to the odd break, in fact most would prefer to be on a break rather than at school but even we have our limits. if students start looking restless cos a break has been mentioned then you know there must be something up.

the lecturer quelled our scepticism by letting us go home almost a full hour and a half early, which had us applauding and forgetting that he had just given us a 5 min break before tiny little task followed by the 5 min break. now i am wondering how much are we getting out of the classes cos the file for this section is mammoth and we aren't even hitting the iceberg - clearly another self study - crap!