I went to my first class of the semester last night. I did feel like it was my first day of school: I was a little nervous not having the syllabus beforehand, and by the fact that I was running a little late and I might be put on the spot. I walked in at exactly 7 o’clock and everybody was already sitting down… and it wasn’t one of those "get lost in the crowd" auditorium style classrooms like I hoped. It was probably the smallest room I have ever taken a class in since I started almost 3 years ago. Big sigh.
The class is called "Negotiating" and it was fabulous! The teacher is very animated, and every class we will run a series of role plays taking different sides of negotiations and try to figure it out how to crack a deal.
My partner and I realized that, on the case, the seller’s floor was higher than the buyer’s ceiling. So we put our "student" hats on and tried to figure out how to reach a deal without compromising our money limits, as the assignment probably intended for us to do. I came up with a REALLY creative idea all based on the information provided on the case, and we had the best deal in the class! The only part that sucked was when the teacher called me and another girl out for lying on our "floors" during the negotiation (we had both decided to round up from $3350 to $3400). I felt crummy about being called a liar, so that’s probably something I won’t be doing again!
On the up side, two of the textbooks are books I already own! NICE 🙂
Overall, great class. Got to see my buddy from last semester, and got to meet some really cool people, like a girl who was born and raised in my home country until she was a teenager! Her parents are not from there, so you wouldn’t know this by looking at her. I’d never met such a hybrid before! It was very interesting.
I have been self-betraying these past couple of days: I have been going to bed too late fully knowing that I will pay for it the next day. I need to go to bed as soon as I get home from class tonight. Must stop this conscious destructive cycle!
Have a nice day, everyone!
ina
PS: Scott Brown won the Senate race over Martha Coakley last night. All I’m gonna say is that he might live in Wrentham and drive a truck all he wants, but I better get my new Healthcare reform!