Being Trained

So the first day, Sal just grabbed a seat with us; and sat. Everyone kind of looked at him, and then looked at each other, and was like "uhhhh... what?" A few people said something to try and get a laugh out of the class. Since Sal sat next to me and I asked him if he was gonna go up in front or what. This was... different. How many classes will the teacher on the first day NOT stand and say "Hi, I'm Mr. Whatever and welcome to some class." I knew right away that Soc would be a new experience for me, no numbers, no notes, no problems or formulas or equations. This was something slightly out of my comfort zone, as Sommers would say when I'm running. I think that cross country and Soc are gonna be pretty similar, as in they're not exactly what I'm used to and will take a little big of extra work. But think about how we all thought it was awkward for Sal to sit down and not really lead the class. Like we're trained to expect the teacher to stand in front and lecture while us, the students, just sit and listen and hope to soak in information. What other things are we trained in without even thinking about it?