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クラスについてどう思いますか?

Should this be translated as "What are you thinking of during class?" or "What
do you think of class?" I'm having trouble with figuring out how to go about
figuring out this sentence.
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How to analyze sentence, クラスについてどう思いますか?
With this expression I understand, "What do you think of the class?"

Because if it meant "What are you thinking about the class?" a diferent verb
could be used, like 考える "kangaeru" So it will be クラスについて何を考えてますか？ This
expresion is more "..what are you thinking".
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I understand "What do you think about class?"

クラスについてどう思いますか?

since Nについて means "about N" and どう meaning "what" and lastly 思う meaning "to
think", we come to the conclusion that Nについてどう思いますか means "what do you think
about N". In this case, N is クラス.

If you want to say what do you think during class I would say something along
the lines of:

クラスの間に何を考えていますか。 (During class what do think?)
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First of all, in Japan, クラス usually means a unit of students who study
together, not "teaching". So クラスについてどう思いますか? usually means "What do you think
of (your) class." For example, an answer would be "私のクラスは、仲が良い(My class are on
good terms)".

"Class" in "What are you thinking of during class?" means 授業, so it is
translated as "授業中に何を考えていますか?" For example, an answer would be
"早くこの授業が終わらないかなぁ、とばかり考えています。(I am thinking that this class will finish soon".
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