Russian

So, I am in charge of our new summer language institute. We got a hefty government grant to teach 'critical need' languages to ROTC students, and anyone else who wants to sign up and pay tuition. It was all kind of a panicky last minute thing, because we had about 4 weeks from getting the grant notification to the start of classes to find instructors, advertise, organize a training workshop etc. Classes started on Monday. The Russian instructor, the one you may remember me mentioning earlier this year who answers her cell phone in class. Did I mention that she tends to keep the phone tucked in her bra? Small detail. Anyway, she is doing the summer class. Here is what happened on day one. Fernando made a circuit to check that everyone was settled in their classroom. When Fernando went by she was sitting in the back of the room and there was a guy leading the class. At first he didn't see her and thought that there was a room conflict. He went in search of her in the lab. Half an hour later we both went by again and this time we saw her in the back of the room. The mystery man was still up front. She came out into the hallway and explained that the guy leading the class was one of her former students and, get this, is a "professional hypnotist". "if you need one" she added to Fernando. Bear in mind that an hour in this course is not an insubstantial amount of time given how much we are trying to cover (one year in six weeks). She was having him do a whole hour on relaxation, hypnotism and stress management techniques... What does one say????!!! I mean it's an intriguing idea, but could she have run it by us?