What Is This Interaction Malarky Anyway?

Would someone please tell me what the hell interaction is supposed to be?!

It keeps changing depending on who I speak to, what department they’re in, what time of day it is and what temperature it is outside. For PPD I was told that interaction designers are ‘facilitators’ for other disciplines…cough BOLLOCKS cough… I want to learn something new please! Thats why I’m paying enormous amounts of money to learn how to become an interaction designer, this was supposed to be the best place to learn it.

I want to learn how to make interactive web applications!
I want to learn how to make physical interactive spaces!
I want to learn how to improve the relationship between people and technology!
I want to learn REAL THINGS…

It’s all very well talking about the theory of something but I would like to be taught something practical?! - Otherwise why the hell am I paying to be here if the only way I am going to learn is by staying at home going through tutorial DVDs.

GRRRR….!