What A Waste

Wasted time (and money)...Friday was a day our class had looked forward to for sometime. We were to take a field trip to a local University and participate in writing workshops. Wow, there were so many workshops to choose from. More than I could possibly fit into my day. I made my selection weeks ago and paid my $20.00 fee which included the bus ride, lunch and workshops. When we arrived we met for an orientation and then we were dismissed to attend our workshops. When I arrived at my 1st choice I was told to find another workshop due to the fact that the instructor was not coming today. 2nd choice, instructor not coming today. Ok, this is weird. 3rd choice, you guessed it, instructor not coming today. I headed to the cafeteria, got my lunch and called my mom to pick me up. I was looking forward to a field trip. In high school, field trips don't come around very much. What a waste of time and money...Today, my 4th period class was a waste of time. My teacher was angry on arrival. She does not display the loud anger rather the soft spoken kind. You know the kind, where you know if you don't catch what she's saying it's going to come back to bite you. She whispered "We're going to begin class". The class fell deafly silent (we all know the fall-out if we don't...pop quiz). She stared at us for 7 minutes. We sat, with silent glares, wondering what was going on. The silence was too much and a few classmates broke out into conversation. She still stared and didn't say anything so we all began to talk. Not more than 30 seconds went by and our teacher got up, went to the board and wrote down a problem. It was at this point that her soft spoken angry voice yelled "I will not be lecturing today. You will work from the work book". This means we will be spending the class time doing busy work. She then went on to say "I'm done with you guys wasting my time". Wasting her time? We watched the clock in silence for 7 minutes while she stared like a deer in headlights. I'm sure she must have her reasons, but I sure couldn't find fault with the students today...But that's High School.