My experience so far: the Egyptian school system

Studying in the Egyptian school system is as much a cultural learning experience as it is about the actual content of the course.  Actually, according to this foreigner, it's more about the former.  How have I arrived at this conclusion?  Great question.  The response: personal experience.

One, classes started a month late at the university.

Two, my first day of class started an hour late.  Why?  Because the professor arrived an hour late, strolling down the hall.  This was a main reason for me sitting in an office room impressing a couple of secretaries (I'm not certain their job title actually) about the fact that yes, I am American and yes, I am Muslim.  They are not mutually exclusive ideas contrary to popular sentiment.  The class also ended early.  A two hour class had been reduced to 45 minutes and nobody blinked an eye, except for me.

Three, the next week saw a new teacher.  Acceptable, but I have no idea as to why.

Four, the week after there was no class.  I should clarify.  There was no class at the scheduled time.  It had been rescheduled to the convenient timing of 8am on the same day.  Nobody seems to have taken into consideration that perhaps that schedule doesn't coincide with the schedule of the one study abroad student in the class.  I have a class at 9am the same day.  That's part of the reason I chose that class - it fit my schedule!  Additionally, how was I supposed to know that the class meeting had changed?  That is a question, that I still have not received an answer to and not because of a lack of asking.  Logistics.  Who needs 'em?

Who knows what next week holds, and who knows when the heck the tests are, and will I actually show up to class considering I can only be there for about 50 minutes of it and for about 45 of those there's a really good chance the professor isn't even going to show up?  Great questions, but I think I'm going to adopt an Egyptian attitude and not worry about it right now.