beginners?

Tomorrow I'm takng a beginners sea kayaking course. I phoned up this afternoon to book it. I said, "beginners class please".
"No problem. Are you on our database?"
"I don't think so"
"Well, have you taken a course with us before?"
"Eh, no ... I'm taking the beginners course, isn't that the first one?"
"Well, some people come back and take the beginners class again."
"They do? Is it not very good then?"