dunster

I don't think I have ever finished an object in a class, nor did I expect to. I take classes to learn a new technique, and will finish the item at home. I think every classroom experience has been positive. Some instructors have been better than others, but I've never run into the kind of instructors you have had. I have, however, frequently run into other students who made the class less productive. Most of the time, the class list states that you must bring a sewing machine in good working order and know how to use it. Still someone often shows up without her power cord or foot pedal, or with a new machine she has never used and can't thread. IMHO the instructor shouldn't spend any class time with a student that is unprepared.

Edit: I just remembered - I did have one "bad" instructor. This was a class at Puyallup Expo, and the speaker system in the classroom wasn't working. Many of us couldn't hear the teacher at all. When we brought this to her attention, her response was that she wasn't responsible for the microphone system. She didn't try to speak up, she didn't try to get help from the people responsible for the facilities - she just kept going.