Clay is slow, so the evening is too.
You press, you wait, you press again. A pot is made at the speed the clay allows, and no faster.
That is the point of an evening class. You arrive from wherever the day left you, sit down at the table and give your hands one job. Phones stay in pockets because both hands are busy.
What you make will be uneven, and you will be able to point at it. Few things from a working week can be pointed at.