I have this teacher, (and for privacy purposes I am going to change his name, Mr. Jones. Mr. Jones is feared by a lot of students because he is scary. He has his funny moments though, like when he showed up that he can do a perfect impression of a cow mooing. He teaches economics. We don't learn much about the economy in his class, as he gets off topic very easily. For instance, the last thing I learned in his class was that if you don't milk a cow for a long time when it clearly needs to be milked, its utters will explode. I'm not sure if this is actually correct, but I like to think it is. We're playing this stock market game, where you invest fake money into real stocks. I am currently in 126th place, which is dead last. When Mr. Jones says something to you even if you're not sure what it is/means, you don't argue- you go along with it. Here is an exchange between him and I last class. Keep in mind that I have no idea who Dalton is.
MJ: My stocks are doing terrible... this is the worst I've ever done in all of my years of teaching.
Me: If it makes you feel better, I am in last place...
MJ: It really does, thank you Ms. Marks. Did you hear about Dalton?
Me: (confused look) Yea
MJ: Can you believe he's going to Ole Miss for college?
Me: (slightly more confused) No I cannot
MJ: Right? His friends are all wondering why because he's not liberal at all!
Me: (begins to get slightly more confident, but still confused) I know! His friends were all like "What are you doing?!"
MJ: I know! That college is totally not him at all!
Me: (even more confident about this confusing conversation) Right?! It's like what are you doing!?
MJ: It's so bizarre
Me: (gets cut off by bell ringing, signaling lunchtime- breathes sigh of relief that the conversation is over and leaves)
What I deduced from this conversation was that Dalton is a conservative with supportive friends. The obvious thing I could have said here was "I don't know who that is.." but pretending I did seemed like a lot more entertaining and he was actually speaking to me in a positive manner.
