Substitute teachers

The usual teacher in my Swedish class has been at home sick for the last three days.  While she was away, we had two substitute teachers.  The first one was the teacher for another class just before ours.  He offered to take over our class since she came down ill while preparing for our lesson.  He didn't teach us the next two days since he has his own classes to teach.  We got a part-time teacher for the rest of the days.

The two teachers had the same idea when it came to teaching us - speak Swedish.  All their explanations and instructions were given in Swedish with no effort to translate into any other language at all.  Our usual teacher would speak in Swedish first and then in English, since most of us understand it.  I find it very helpful.  I could learn and remember the words used and since the instructions and explanations were in English, I would learn more.  I could write down notes in my book and go home to learn them.

But the substitute teachers would have none of that.  When my classmates asked for translations in English, they refused, saying that we were there to learn Swedish, not English.  As a result, I didn't learn much these last three days.  When I got home, I would ask Pete to teach me.  I should have just stayed home and ask Pete to be my tutor.  I am very sure I could have learnt much more then.  Three days wasted, just like that...sigh...