"Pull, press, scrape, peel - Exploration in Pattern"

- Art class at the National Galleries

There are some comments I would like to make:

1) There were 2 teachers and the first 2 Fridays (of 4), only one microphone. The teachers had to take turns to speak through the only microphone available. It was very frustrated for them and for me too.

2) At times I heard conversations I did not want to hear. It seems to me that teachers (or lecturers) are not taught how to use a microphone i.e. dealing with the hard of hearing people. Is it so difficult to switch it off when it is not needed?

3) Any time I go to any course/lecture I find it annoying that the teacher/lecturer are not aware of the problems of people with hearing difficulties. For example, when somebody/student asks a question which it is well known the hard of hearing cannot hear clearly or at all, they (teachers/lecturers) do never repeat or paraphrase it. Is it so hard to do that? Why not put them through a course so that they can learn how to "paraphrase"?

Despite all sort of problems I did enjoy it. I like art. However it will be much more enjoyable if there was more awareness about what is not to be able to hear among the professionals.