Well, I survived my first day. The teacher is male, but I knew that. He's not the ethnic group I thought he was by the name published in the guide. So I hadn't expected a strong accent and the occasional mispronounced word. I am still having trouble with the issue of a note taker. I managed to take some notes today, but I feel I missed a lot. The class is worse then I originally thought it was. And we didn't even get a photo copied diagram on the parts of the inside of a computer. He just showed us pieces and I guess expected us to remember it all. Its going to add op my stress load, but I'm in it for as long as I can hold out.