Lab Class Randomness

My C++ Lab class is awesome.

We're having trouble today with phones ringing during lab.

The GTA was sorta sighing when another one went off. Then the student whose phone everyone thought it was got up and walked towards the door to...

... throw it into the trashcan next to the door and sit back down. Everyone stares, and the GTA laughs nervously, "... ooookay. That solves that problem."

The student's reply is to merely shrug. "It's not like it's my phone."

And then, as the class laughs, another one of the students comes up to the first and shakes his hand.

Cue more laughter, and the GTA is now grinning, "Okay, now it's a lot funnier."


Edit: The awesomeness continues.

After we're done going over the test, the GTA asks if there are any questions on our first project. One student asks if it's true that they should code as they go along, because he heard that the GTAs check to see if the student codes properly as they go instead of just coding after they get a perfect grade via the online program that tests their code. The GTA confirms this, and then adds that we need to do that, despite it not being in the project specifications, adding that it helps foster good programming/documentation practices.

This prompts some protesting from a few students, with one of them exclaiming, "But [the professor] said to read the project spec like the bible!"

Many are in agreement, and then one of the students adds, "Just because the bible says you shouldn't burn small children, doesn't mean that you shouldn't burn...."

He trails off, realizing his mistake (or doing it for comedic effect) as the class bursts out into laughter with many a "WOAAAAAAH" mixed in.

The GTA raises his hands up in front of him defensively. "That's outside of my realm of qualification."

I pipe up, "Yeah, he's not going to troubleshoot for that."


And, earlier, I pointed out a mistake in the code he was writing us. "Is that comma supposed to be there?"

"No, that's a typo," the GTA replied, erasing it.

"He made a typo!" another student exclaimed, and the class burst into laughter again.

This prompted a very evil glare from the GTA, followed by an even more evil grin. "Remember, I grade your papers. And I know which people are in this lab."

"You're supposed to cackle when you say stuff like that, you know!" I reminded him.

"It was a quite sort of cackle, you just weren't listening," was his reply.



It started off with him misspelling the very first part of the code, and the entire class shouting the typo out in amusement, "Cubric!!!"

"... This is going to be a looooooooong day," our GTA sighed, correcting it to 'Cubic'.


So, in conclusion... my C++ lab class is awesome!


Edit 2: Okay, so the conclusion hasn't been reached yet.

As I was writing this entry, I suddenly overheard, "So you can thank me if we get an extension [on Homework 2]!"

"And if you don't get an extension on Homework 2, you can beat her," the GTA added cheerfully.

"Why do you say that?" I asked, after turning my head quickly to look at them.

"Curator is hosed," the GTA explained rather plainly.

My fellow female CS student was far more enthusiastic as she added, "It won't grade anything!"

As they continued to discuss, she added that she sent the teacher an email with the subject "Emergency!". The GTA added that the prof usually reads e-mails from GTAs first, and he hoped his would get a reply soon.


... So hopefully that's it.