Thoughts--
Gina's plot? Don't care. Don't remember him. Don't understand why we're even revisiting him. Because I doubt whether many people remember him and went "Ooh! Left a plot dangling with him!"
I surprisingly kind of enjoyed Sophie and Walter. I'm surprised. I liked their talk. I liked that they bonded over music.
Gary and Maggie? I'm actually surprised that I enjoyed what the midwife had to say. And both made good points regarding hospital vs home delivery. But, yeah, not at all surprised something happened to Claire. And Evan still ain't funny.
Eddie's plot? I have a lot to say. Sorry about this.
First, the professor is a bitch. On so many levels.
I have some experience in this. OK, I have a lot of experience in this. I was an administrative assistant at a university for 9 years. It was my previous career until things went south, which I really don't want to talk about.
While it's way too pat that the woman who just happened to hit Eddie works at this university and can get Eddie into the class he needs, I can attest that this happens. One of my responsibilities in my department was to maintain the waitlists for the classes. There is absolutely NO REASON why a lecture like this should only have 10 students if it's a required course in the major and it only be offered in one class a semester.
Heck, the fact that it's a lecture, not a lab, doubly means that there is absolutely NO REASON why only 10 students can get into this class. That is beyond stupid.
OK, I was the admin for the Chemistry Department. There were limits on labs. Safety reasons. There are no limits on the lecture. While the lecture and labs for the general chemistry classes were co-requisites of each other, if students had already taken the lab and passed with a C- or better but needed the lecture, they could get in the lecture. There were no caps on the lecture, only the labs.
Now, if you needed to take both and there were no room in the lab, you're being put on a waitlist for both.
Here's where I can attest to being able to fudge waitlists--Chemistry majors got priority. If a space opened up in lab, I would call a Chemistry major first. However, I had some flexibility. This student told me "But you don't understand!!!!!!!" when I put them on the waitlist, I'm not calling them first. I'm calling someone else. I'm calling the student who treated me with respect.
OK, I get Psych 101 was a pre-req which Eddie took "a decade ago." And he probably should retake it. But, it is possible to brush up on the material. Plus, there's a difference between a 18 year old student who is half-assing his way through classes and a 35 year old man who wants to get his life on track. He already has the pre-req of Psych 101. Let him see if he can't get through at least until the drop day. There are set dates in the semester where students can drop classes. If I remember correctly, and I've been out of this game for 5 years, but it's something like two weeks into the semester for a 100% refund and nothing on your transcript, two months for a 50% refund and nothing on your transcript, and 3 months for 0% refund with a "Dropped" or a "No Grade" on your transcript. I might be mistaken about the length of time now, because it's been nearly 5 years. But all jucos, universities, colleges would have the same terms.
Also, students will add classes in their first week. Or change their schedules around. It happens. ALL THE TIME. So, to offer a lecture that's a requirement for only one class a semester and then limit it to 10 people when there's ABSOLUTELY NO REASON that there couldn't be 30 students in that class is not treating students with respect. It makes them have to go to college longer, building up more debt. Students will complain to the Dean's office about this. Professors can get reprimanded, disciplined, fired (if they're not tenured), or make life an absolute misery if they are tenured until they quit. I've seen this happen! An elective? Yeah. Cap that lecture at 10. It's an elective. The students can choose something else. Because not getting into an elective won't necessarily push them further behind.
Edited to add: While it's not likely that a class for a major starts at midterm, it is possible for a class to only be a half a semester. I've never seen one that wasn't an elective. But it's possible. It's usually a 1 credit hour class. I took a couple in college. It was never a matter of life and death if I didn't get in one.
Edited March 9, 2023 by historylover820Good grief. I can't type.
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