A first lecture

Hi gays! I’d like to share my impressions about my first lecture, which I attended yestarday. The theme of the lecture was Alberta’s society (Sociology).There were about 150 students in the classroom. Some of them were late but the lector didn’t seem annoyed with it.
At the beginning of the lecture the professor asked if there were any new students in the classroom. I raised my hand, and he said if I will have any questions about the new material I can come to him after the lecture. Then he noticed that he wasn’t satisfied by the students’ attendance at the lecture (it was Friday!), so he promised that from now he will give the most important material on Fridays. Next he remarked that he still can’t remember all the students’ names and told that some professors used to take pictures of their students in order to solve this problem.
After this introduction professor began his lecture. I must say that I expected a terribly fast speech with strong Canadian accent, mach more fluent than those lectures that we listened at Murrey’s classes. However, I was very surprised when I heard a clear, well organized speech that reminded me Murrey’s one. So I relaxed and began to listen interesting facts about Alberta’s population. I was surprised to see that during the lecture students were allowed to ask the professor questions because one of my friends told me that you can have your hand raised during the entire lecture and a professor may not pay attention to you.
While I was taking my notes the professor asked us to make groups of three in order to make a list of tricky things about Alberta. At the first moment I was confused but then I had a great conversation with two students in which we compared some Canadian customs with customs of my native country. I was glad to hear that my English was good and understandable.
And how was your first lecture?