First class

starts at nine in the morning....

There is an unexpected number of people signing up for this term, whereas there are only a few students in the past. This means that the time needed for everybody to have a presentation will be around seven lectures, and this is simply impossible. So there is a high possibility that the presentation would be replaced by a short paper which is expected to be 2 pages long.

It's kind of fun to see the professor ask how many of us are really thinking of taking the course for real. Everybody raises his hand.