When asking for volunteers...
I have Talmud shiur (class discussion where one person reads and explains the text while the rest of us follow along and the teacher tries to explain what we don't understand) 4 days a week. And every class, my teacher asks for volunteers and sometimes he gets them and sometimes he doesn't. Today, he didn't, so he volunteered someone. Whats the point of asking for volunteers if you're just going to pick someone anyway? I'd rather he have us sign up so we can prepare very well in advance, rather than surprising us on a day when we might not understand the text as well. With that, off to Mincha and Tanach class. Hurray for the plagues!