I would've never thought anyway. It was just that, unexpected. You see, I was having this programming class using Matlab (this language has some pluses if you want to work with matrices, maybe I'll talk about this later) and that funny thing happened.
At that programming class I got the seat far behind, nearly at the edge of room. It happened because I had another class just before the programming class so I failed to come early. Anyway, since I sat far behind, I couldn't see clearly to the board (my range of vision is approximately 7 meters, maybe I need to wear glasses already) and I had to step forward several times just to see what the lecturer wrote on the board or showed on the presentation slide. So I went back and forth to the front and my workstation.
There was this one time, when I approached to my friend's workstation up front to ask him several things I didn't understand about the programming. Suddenly, the person who sat behind my friend's desk tapped me on the shoulder. I turned, and I thought that he tapped me because he couldn't see to the board since I was blocking his vision by standing next to my friend's desk. So spontaneously, I set myself into crouching position while kept discussing with that friend of mine.
Just when I was about to head back to my desk, the guy who tapped me before stopped me. And then he asked more or less like this, "Mas (what's the English word for this? Mister? Bro?) klo yang ini bgemana," by pointing to the monitor of his computer, confused of what to do next.
I was like, inside my mind, "Huh?"
But later I realized something. He might think that I was one of the lecturer's assistant! Why? Because during the class, there were two assistants going around the room trying to cover and assist every student while the lecturer was giving explanation in front of the class. And I was one of that person who went back and forth. Not because I was one of the assistant, but because I couldn't see clearly what was written in front!
As of that moment, after the guy asked me the question, I had two choices running around in my head. To ignore him and just tell him to ask one of the assistant, or stay and explain it to him.
I chose the latter, although it was quite troublesome. I came over and asked him in which part he didn't understand. After a brief words with him, I realized that he actually knew nothing of programming, totally nothing. He even asked me some basic stuff that the lecturer already explained in the beginning of the class earlier. It's either he was totally new in programming especially Matlab or he completely didn't listened to what the lecturer had to say. I ended up aiding him for, like, 10 minutes. A very valuable time since during that time the lecturer came up with some new things. But, hey, it's good to know that I could help someone although I was also, basically, a newbie.
At that programming class I got the seat far behind, nearly at the edge of room. It happened because I had another class just before the programming class so I failed to come early. Anyway, since I sat far behind, I couldn't see clearly to the board (my range of vision is approximately 7 meters, maybe I need to wear glasses already) and I had to step forward several times just to see what the lecturer wrote on the board or showed on the presentation slide. So I went back and forth to the front and my workstation.
There was this one time, when I approached to my friend's workstation up front to ask him several things I didn't understand about the programming. Suddenly, the person who sat behind my friend's desk tapped me on the shoulder. I turned, and I thought that he tapped me because he couldn't see to the board since I was blocking his vision by standing next to my friend's desk. So spontaneously, I set myself into crouching position while kept discussing with that friend of mine.
Just when I was about to head back to my desk, the guy who tapped me before stopped me. And then he asked more or less like this, "Mas (what's the English word for this? Mister? Bro?) klo yang ini bgemana," by pointing to the monitor of his computer, confused of what to do next.
I was like, inside my mind, "Huh?"
But later I realized something. He might think that I was one of the lecturer's assistant! Why? Because during the class, there were two assistants going around the room trying to cover and assist every student while the lecturer was giving explanation in front of the class. And I was one of that person who went back and forth. Not because I was one of the assistant, but because I couldn't see clearly what was written in front!
As of that moment, after the guy asked me the question, I had two choices running around in my head. To ignore him and just tell him to ask one of the assistant, or stay and explain it to him.
I chose the latter, although it was quite troublesome. I came over and asked him in which part he didn't understand. After a brief words with him, I realized that he actually knew nothing of programming, totally nothing. He even asked me some basic stuff that the lecturer already explained in the beginning of the class earlier. It's either he was totally new in programming especially Matlab or he completely didn't listened to what the lecturer had to say. I ended up aiding him for, like, 10 minutes. A very valuable time since during that time the lecturer came up with some new things. But, hey, it's good to know that I could help someone although I was also, basically, a newbie.
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