The Six Million Dollar Man

I attended my first UC3M lecture/class today. Fantastic. I had my expectations set quite high because the campuses in Getafe and Leganes are fancy, modernish, and most of all big. I was expecting something like this:

One of the lecture halls in Aalto University, Espoo.

But, do you know why it's always worth it to be a pessimist?
- 'Cause a real pessimist never gets disappointed.

What do I mean by that? Let me explain in detail:

I was well prepared. I woke up at 7.30 am, did my morning thingies and prepared my bag. And then I checked that I really had everything I could possibly need for my first chemistry lesson, including tissue paper. And then... I re-checked my bag. And then I did it again, and again... So, I was all stressed up and ready to go. I left my flat at 8.30 am sharp, thus I was at the campus at 8.38 am (seconds rounded down). I had to ask for directions to find my way to the accursed building number 7, but all in all everything went more-or-less smoothly. I was waiting by the classroom door at 8.47 am. I felt a bit disappointed by the lack of students next to the classroom. I mean, I would have liked to make new friends, and all that...

Finally, at 9.02 am the teacher arrived and entered the classroom. I followed her. At about ten past nine the teacher started the lesson. It was all of the yeah-whatever-variety: schedules, email addresses, etc. But that was to be expected, really. It's always the same, isn't it? The curious thing was that... In the classroom, there were four people in total: the teacher, me and two other students (E and D)!

But hey, who cares? Some people say that having a private teacher is the most efficient way to learn. Right, EP?