Class 2--Microsoft Excel

Another fun and informative class. I know these Microsoft Office programs are chock-full of features, but, JEEZ! We started working on a spreadsheets, today and, although the program is not exactly intuitive, it does flow once you get into it. Excel pretty much allows you to do anything as long as you can navigate your way through the myriad of toolbars, icons and features!
Bob started off the class lecturing about various policies within the School District of Philadelphia regarding testing, record-keeping and various policies. I know this stuff is important but I was tired and sleep-deprived so staying attentive was a particular challenge. But, as soon as we started working on our spreadsheets, I woke up. It was fun, stimulating and the class flew by after that. I am glad I am sitting next to William because he is bright and helpful and he pulled me through a few frustrating episodes. Adding to the frustration was the fact that Bob was using Mac and I was using PC--I hope we can find some way to compromise on this as it took me several extra moments on more than one occasion to figure out a function on the PC side due to examples being shown and explained on a MAC OS.
A possible solution is to have a student who is fluent in PC parallel teaching while Bob is explaining things on the MAC OS--Just a suggestion!!