Now that is something I can relate to. =]
Yes those are the bricks.
I sat on the opposite side though. I was the only one on that side. Those I sit with in that lecture are always late, slightly.
I had my tute yesterday too... making the lecture completely pointless. Just about every single thing she said we'd already gone over. I was considering not even bothering to go next week until she remembered to take attendance today.
I watched one of those videos before the tute and I agree it was quite good. It was so helpful it almost made the tute itself pointless.