English 101

[Emi Hitokata]

She didn't feel a single bit threatened by Sara and her evil marker. Actually, she couldn't feel threatened since she was already sleeping deep enough to miss the teacher's roll call. Luckily for her, she was sitting in the back of the classroom and didn't snore. Not many students would notice her, so she wouldn't have to feel embarrassed. Sleeping is a normal part of the school day, so there was no reason for anyone to make a big deal out of it.

However, the barking of a beagle ruined her short nap. She stirred and slowly opened her eyes. At first, she thought that she was dreaming, but the bark sounded again. Seconds later, a dog entered the room, and she blinked in surprise. She heard that it isn't uncommon for dogs to be at American high schools since police need a way to sniff out drugs.

However, this didn't look like the kind of dog that a police officer would own. It was too small to be of any threat. Plus, it was extremely adorable.

"Your dog is so cute," Emi gushed.

Immediately, she regretting taking a seat in the back. If she had sat in the front, she would have been able to take a closer look at the dog and maybe even pet it. The only thing she could do was sit up straight in her seat in the hope of getting a better view of Louie.

"Can I move to the front? My eyes are too bad to see the board, and I just realized that I forgot my glasses," she begged, not even bothering to raise her hand. Why should she remember doing such a thing when an adorable animal is in the room?

[Mr. Hyde]

Kyle saw Sara turn and face the boy who had greeted her, and place a finger to her lips and gesture towards the sleeping girl. He then took roll call, and when he called out the name Nicolas Constantine, he heard the boy sitting next to Sara reply. Kyle then came back into the classroom, Louie in tow, he saw the Japanese girl in the back had woken up, blinking in surprise at the sight of Louie. "Your dog is so cute." Louie barked happily, as Kyle smiled slightly, he saw her sit straight up in her seat, probably trying to get a better view of Louie, the beagle was adorable after all. "Now, are there..." Kyle began to say, before he was interrupted once more. "Can I move to the front? My eyes are too bad to see the board, and I just realized that I forgot my glasses." He heard her beg, not even bothering to raise her hand as Kyle looked at her in mild surprise, closing his mouth, before nodding at her. Once she had taken her seat, he then asked if there were any questions, and saw Sara raise her hand and speak immediately.

"Hey sweet-cheeks? What if we're supposed to be in this class, but don't want to be? Can we leave?" He saw her smile at him and lick her lips, she was so blatantly flirting with him, it was ridiculous, as he folded his arms, looking extremely serious. He looked over and saw Nick look at Sara with a raised eyebrow, but before he could answer, the girl with black hair next to the Chinese guy spoke. "I can answer that for you. Please do." "Ah hem, I believe I'm the teacher," Kyle injected, clearing his throat, "No, you may not leave, as much as it pains me to tell you that," Kyle replied, sarcasm in his voice, "But I will let you all out 10 minutes early before class ends, same goes for you, and only if you play nice Sara." His arms still folded across his chest, Kyle looked around at his class, as Louie, by this time, had curled up on the floor, sleeping. Kyle bent down and scooped his dog up, placed the dog on his desk, letting him sleep safely without the risk of anyone trampling on him as the pooch snored softly. "Are there any other questions? And yes, you all are free to come up later and pet Louie."

[Matrim Gallagher]

Alexis Green herself, that was a sight of destruction and chaos if he had ever seen it. He was annoyed with the girl because he had fought her brother once and she got in the way of the fight. This was something that annoyed Matrim to no end because her Qi had put him to sleep in the middle of a fight. Of course, her mullet comment didn't help. He simply raised an eye brow as she passed and said nothing else. Although when Adrian entered Matrim gave some attention to him, "Well well well, the Captain of the Football team himself showing up to a class, I'll be damned."

Sure it was sort of an assumption on his part that Adrian was the typical jock, but still he was making fun of the cliche more than he was Adrian. In any case the Teacher started explaining things once more kids had shown up, including Sara who had been a bit distant as of late. Although Alex number two showed up too, this was very strange in itself. It seemed that two kids from good old Point Hope had come to San Fran. Crazy world we live in... small and crazy. In fact, in the end Matrim knew everybody in the classroom.

"Are there any other questions? And yes, you all are free to come up later and pet Louie." The teacher asked and Matrim would ask a question. After all, he was the one who had to do so. He felt like it was his duty, his... job. He just had to know. And while he could ignore Sara's attitude and Alexis' funny statement, he couldn't ignore this.

"The heck happened to your--- you know what, I'll ask you later, let's just get on with class....." Matrim said, thinking about it before asking, "Isn't that the book where the dude has to cover up government stuff for a living... and he sort of ends up going against the government.... because I think I've read that book before. It made me slightly paranoid of politicians...."

[Li Nakamura]

Li passed Alexis her purse, getting a smile as a thank you, he then flipped his headphones onto his ears, blocking out any noise, as he saw a Japanese girl walk in, she walked past the teacher's desk and headed to the back of the room. Next to come in was a girl on crutches, a smug look on her face as she hobbled to the back of the room and sat down beside the girl who was sleeping. Li then saw Mr. Hyde lift his feet off his desk and walked to the back, as Li turned in his seat and looked behind him. Once he was behind her, his head bowed slightly, he lifted his hand up, Li thought he was scratching his head. He then saw him pull his left arm back, and bonked her on the back of her head, as he saw her jerk forward from the impact. "Don't even think about it." He heard him say simply, as he turned to head back to the front of the room. Li then saw the girl's face harden before she lifted her hand up and smack the teacher's ass, as he whipped around facing the girl, he shook his head at her before turning around once more, and walked back to his desk. Li then heard the door open, and saw a boy stick his head in and looked around before walking in and making his way to the back. Next to come in was another Japanese boy who looked out of breath, what did he do, run the 100-meter dash? He saw the boy take a deep breath, that made a total of what? Three Japanese students in this class?

He saw the boy look over at the back and frown slightly, before quietly walking to the back of the room and sat down. Next to come in was a girl who was sipping something from the mug in her hand, and then walk back out immediately. Li looked over, mildly interested, the girl then came back in, took a seat in the second row, and pulled out a book. After her, another guy entered, his book bag slung over his right shoulder. The boy however, looked slightly confused and tired, as he made his way to the second last row and sat down. Then class finally began. "Here." Li replied when his name was called out, as he flipped his headphones off his ears, letting it hang around his neck. He then began to explain the rules, who he was, as he saw Alexis rest her head on the desk and pretend to sleep, he knew she couldn't sleep, being an insomniac and all. Li looked back and saw him lift his head up, revealing his eyes, one of which was white and pupil-less, a scar over his eye, as Li raised an eyebrow at this. He then continued, telling them what they would be doing, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and a novel, 1984. Li then took the course outline from him, and looked at it. He then continued on but as soon as he paused, Li frowned slightly, as he heard the sound of barking, which Mr. Hyde seemed to recognize, for he left the room, as he saw Sara pick up the marker once more, but before she could do anything, Mr. Hyde walked back in, a beagle in tow.

"Whoa dog!" Li exclaimed, as Mr. Hyde introduced the dog as Louie to them. "Now, are there..." "Your dog is so cute." Li turned around in his seat and saw the Japanese girl that had been asleep had woken up, and sitting straight in her seat, like she was trying to catch a view of Louie. "Can I move to the front? My eyes are too bad to see the board, and I just realized that I forgot my glasses." Li turned back to the front, and saw Mr. Hyde look at her in mild surprise, before nodding at her. "Now, as I was saying, are there any questions? Speak now, or forever hold your peace." Li didn't have any questions at the moment, but it seemed Sara did, as he heard her speak immediately. "Hey sweet-cheeks? What if we're supposed to be in this class, but don't want to be? Can we leave?" Li saw Alexis roll her eyes at this, it couldn't be more obvious. "I can answer that for you. Please do." Li grinned evilly at Alexis, before looking back at Mr. Hyde. "Ah hem, I believe I'm the teacher," Li heard him inject as he cleared his throat, "No, you may not leave, as much as it pains me to tell you that. But I will let you all out 10 minutes early before class ends, same goes for you, and only if you play nice Sara."

Sarcasm clearly was in his voice, as Li continued to grin evilly at Alexis. He then saw Mr. Hyde pick Louie up, who had fallen asleep, and place him on his desk. "Are there any other questions? And yes, you all are free to come up later and pet Louie." "The heck happened to your--- you know what, I'll ask you later, let's just get on with class..... Isn't that the book where the dude has to cover up government stuff for a living... and he sort of ends up going against the government.... because I think I've read that book before. It made me slightly paranoid of politicians...." Li paused, thinking about the novel Mr. Hyde mentioned, 1984. If he recalled correctly, it was about a world that was ruled by a totalitarian government. Every aspect of the people's lives was ruled, all under one major figurehead, Big Brother. And while Li was curious about Mr. Hyde's eye, he decided against asking him, and merely settled for asking a different question. He raised his hand, and spoke once he was called on. "Do you give pop quizzes?"

[Sam Ballerino]

Sam replied with a simple “Here” when her name was called for roll, her eyes never leaving her book. It was a slightly difficult read for her without someone to help explain all the historical references, but she wasn’t much different than Shakespeare, which she’d never had too much of a problem with. She heard Nick’s name being called, but her face revealed no emotion. She was still trying to pretend that he didn’t exist, though of course that only helped him nag at the back of her mind like a throbbing headache.

She didn’t lift her eyes until the course outlines came around, and she took one disinterestedly. Another boring English class taught by someone who was more frightened of what the students could do to them than what the school would do if they didn’t cover the entire curriculum. That is, until he started talking. She hadn’t noticed his name on the board before, but she saw it now, and grinned, wondering how mad he’d get if she called him Jekyll. Just for kicks. He had an authoritative presence, to be sure, but not unfriendly. His pupil-less eye was a bit of a shocker at first, but he pulled the eye-patch over it, reminding her of James for a quick second. Well, at least there would be no wondering what was under it, just how that one happened. Glass eye, maybe? Couldn’t they make those things with pupils in them?

As he told them about the material they were going to be working with, a small smirk appeared on Sam’s face, which only got wider and wider as the man continued speaking. Well! This might turn out to be a fun class after all. At the very least, it would be easy enough. 1984 was a much-discussed piece in her household; the idea of maintaining authority was one her father upheld like there was no tomorrow, but her mother liked to needle him with the Orwellian ideas, debating with him on where the line should be drawn when it came to obeying higher powers. Eventually Sam was allowed in on the debates, too. It was one of the few times she was allowed to disagree outright with her father on any issue. And as for Shakespeare – well, Sam’s heart would always lie with Hamlet, but if she had to pick a top comedy, this would be in the top three at least. The plot may be a little cliché, but the characters were some of her favorites.

She was distracted by the sound of a dog barking. Mr. Hyde went outside to check things out, and came back with a handsome looking beagle, apparently named Louie. Sam smiled. Well, wasn’t he something? She was about to reach out to see if she could get him to come to her and say hello, but Tony picked him up and put him on the desk. Sam’s face fell momentarily, but no matter. She’d go pet him later.

Sam heard Matrim’s question and opened her mouth to answer it, but stopped herself. She’d been about to tell him yes, that was the one. It was a rather hopeless book, though very well-written, and – even scarier – a very real possibility. But she kept her mouth shut. If she were the one teaching the class then she’d be the one up front, not Mr. Hyde.

She heard one of the Japanese students ask about pop quizzes. Ooh. She hadn’t thought of that. That would be a nice thing to know about. After the teacher answered, she’d raise her hand herself. “Do you offer any kind of extra credit?” She really only asked out of habit, and she didn’t know if she’d take advantage of it if it was offered, but it never hurt to ask, did it?

[Adrian]

"Oh, I'm here," Adrian would reply to Matrim with a good-natured grin as he sat down. "Whether I'm gonna pay attention or not, that's what you gotta watch for." He laughed a little as he got into his seat, either oblivious to or completely uninterested in the drama setting off around him.

Adrian would continue to listen quietly as the class went about its business. Of course, there was Sara, making an ass out of herself as usual, to which Adrian could only lower his head onto his desk, almost out of spite. That girl was nuts. What was it everyone said about her? 'Crazy Sara is crazy?' Sounded terribly stupid and obvious, but, whatever, kids always had their slang. Adrian smirked as he thought this, he could hear that arrogant little sneer in his thoughts, even. Having lost all of his net worth had done a lot to curb his sense of superiority, but it was a good feeling, knowing he hadn't lost it entirely.

Adrian's head rose as the barking split the classroom. Despite being a tough-guy both in attitude and appearance, Adrian had a soft spot for dogs. His features broke into a warm, fuzzy smile as Mr. Hyde played with the dog. The fact that the little mutt had followed him all the way to school was just too much for Adrian. He smiled stupidly at the thought for a while before shaking himself back to a normal, staight-faced look. The teacher asked if anyone had any questions, and Adrian found that he, really, had none. Mr. Hyde had been fairly clear in his intentions from the start, and any questions the football captain may have had, had already been asked in the form of pop quizzes and extra credit.

Well, no, he did have a question after all. After the other questions that had all been shot out nearly at once came and were answered, Adrian would raise his hand and wait to be called. Once called, Adrian would raise his eyes to the teachers' and ask, using a voice most probably hadn't heard from the boy before: A general, politish sounding one. Years of living under his businessman father had given him the ability to affect a tone of honest sincerity fairly easily, without sounding too overeager.

"Will the essays be all the homework assigned for the class, or should we look forward to handouts or other assignments as well?"

[Mr. Hyde]

"Well well well, the Captain of the Football team himself showing up to a class, I'll be damned." "Oh, I'm here," Kyle heard the guy with blond hair reply back to Matrim, a good-natured grin on his face as he sat down. "Whether I'm gonna pay attention or not, that's what you gotta watch for." Kyle then went through the roll call, then the explanations, smiling slightly when he saw Sam's face fall momentarily the moment he placed Louie, who was asleep, on his desk. They'll be allowed to come up and pet him, once Kyle was finished explaining, as he asked if anyone had any questions. "The heck happened to your--- you know what, I'll ask you later, let's just get on with class..... Isn't that the book where the dude has to cover up government stuff for a living... and he sort of ends up going against the government.... because I think I've read that book before. It made me slightly paranoid of politicians...." Kyle nodded at Matrim, he then looked over and saw, when he called out his name, Li Nakamura, raise his hand, as Kyle nodded at him. "Do you give pop quizzes?" "No," Kyle answered, shaking his head. "I will not give pop quizzes, I feel that you will never truly understand the material if you are merely tested on it, I want every student to learn and understand the deeper meaning of what it is you are learning. Long story short, you won't get pop quizzes. The only time I will ever test you, is well, by the tests. Any one else?"

He then saw Sam raise her hand, and nodded at her. “Do you offer any kind of extra credit?” "Only the first day, and you're already asking me about extra credit Ms. Ballerino?" Kyle replied, a smile tugging at his face, "That depends entirely on you. If you wish to try and get some extra credit to boost your grade, then you are free to come and talk to me, and we'll work out something." Kyle then saw the blond guy raise his hand, as Kyle nodded his head at him. "Will the essays be all the homework assigned for the class, or should we look forward to handouts or other assignments as well?" "You will be getting some in-class assignments, but for the most part, the essays will be the only major homework I will ever assign to you." Kyle answered, as he looked around, waiting to see if anyone else had any other questions. When no one did, he spoke. "Alright, you may all go ahead and go to the back room, and take your book, 1984. Once you have your book, go back to your seats and wait for my instructions." Once everyone had their books, albeit noisily getting them, he waited for quiet, and spoke.

"Now, your first in-class assignment. I want you to read the first 2 chapters of 1984, but for the most part, you are free to do as you wish, but you are NOT free to leave class yet. If you have any questions, you may come up and ask me. Get on it then." Kyle would then turn, and walk behind his desk, and sat down in his chair, resting his feet on his desk, as Louie, by this time, had woken up, and now sat up on Kyle's desk, panting happily at him, as he offered his head to Kyle, who stretched his hand out and rubbed the beagle's head. "You're something else boy, following and finding me here."

[Adrian]

Adrian did as he was told, hopping up from his desk, apparently the first one to do so, and shuffled back to the tables at the back, where the handouts and books were left. His eyes gazed over the book, and he nodded, more to himself than anything. This was, indeed, the book he recalled reading in his last year at Private School.

He gripped the book lightly and returned to his desk, listening to the teacher speak out about their assignment for the rest of the day. He nodded in understanding, except his brow furrowed a bit as he tried to process exactly what was said.

So the teacher didn't want them to leave class, but he did want them to sit and read quietly for half an hour? Adrian couldn't help but smirk as he took a look aroudn the classroom. Good luck enforcing that.

For his own part, Adrian opened the book and began to read. For as loud a personality as he was out of class, he was fairly subdued whilst in class. Of course, if someone got in his face, that would be a different story, but as long as people were minding their own business, Adrian was more than willing to just play along and read the story.

It was about the time he came to the Two Minute's Hate that his face disfigured into a grim frown. He rose his hand, awaiting to be called on. When he was, he asked out to the teacher.

"Mr. Hyde, I've gotta know... is there anything as completely messed up as this Two Minutes Hate? Because this is just... it's nuts, man..."

Adrian trailed off, his eyes going down to read more about it, but all the while awaiting a reply just the same.

[Li Nakamura]

"The heck happened to your--- you know what, I'll ask you later, let's just get on with class..... Isn't that the book where the dude has to cover up government stuff for a living... and he sort of ends up going against the government.... because I think I've read that book before. It made me slightly paranoid of politicians...." Matrim was right, that was the book, as Li raised his hand and asked if he would give them pop quizzes. "No," Mr. Hyde answered, as he shook his head. "I will not give pop quizzes, I feel that you will never truly understand the material if you are merely tested on it, I want every student to learn and understand the deeper meaning of what it is you are learning. Long story short, you won't get pop quizzes. The only time I will ever test you, is well, by the tests. Any one else?" His question answered, Li leaned back in his chair, as he grinned over at Alexis, so far, this class wasn't all that bad. “Do you offer any kind of extra credit?” Extra credit huh? Well, unless Li was failing this class epically, he doubted he would need to try and get extra credit. "Only the first day, and you're already asking me about extra credit Ms. Ballerino? That depends entirely on you. If you wish to try and get some extra credit to boost your grade, then you are free to come and talk to me, and we'll work out something."

Li, by this time, was staring out the window, though he didn't make it look too obvious that he was, after all, he didn't need to be smacked upside the head like Sara had gotten earlier. "Will the essays be all the homework assigned for the class, or should we look forward to handouts or other assignments as well?" "You will be getting some in-class assignments, but for the most part, the essays will be the only major homework I will ever assign to you." Well that was good to know, Mr. Hyde, despite his gruff exterior and appearance, was a pretty good teacher. "Alright, you may all go ahead and go to the back room, and take your book, 1984. Once you have your book, go back to your seats and wait for my instructions." Standing up, Li walked to the back room, and took enough books for him, Alexis, and Matrim. He then walked back to his desk, and tossed one at Matrim, placed one down on Alexis' desk, and then sat down in his own seat, waiting. "Now, your first in-class assignment. I want you to read the first 2 chapters of 1984, but for the most part, you are free to do as you wish, but you are NOT free to leave class yet. If you have any questions, you may come up and ask me. Get on it then."

Li grinned slightly when he heard this. So, according to what Mr. Hyde said, they had an assignment, read the first two chapters of the book, but for the most part, they could do what they wanted, they just couldn't leave class? Sweeeet. Li had already read the book, so he knew what had happened in the first two chapters. Turning in his seat, so that he was now sitting sideways, he began to talk to Alexis. "Heh, I gotta admit, this class ain't all that bad. Wanna do something after school, if you're free?" He asked, grinning mischievously at her. "Mr. Hyde, I've gotta know... is there anything as completely messed up as this Two Minutes Hate? Because this is just... it's nuts, man..." Li turned in his seat slightly, looking at Mr. Hyde. Li, in his opinion, found that while there wasn't anything as messed up as the Two Minutes Hate, there was prejudice everywhere you went, just people show it more subtly than the book did. Not everything is as great as it might seem.

[Trizen Takano]

"Now, your first in-class assignment. I want you to read the first 2 chapters of 1984, but for the most part, you are free to do as you wish, but you are NOT free to leave class yet. If you have any questions, you may come up and ask me. Get on it then." Anthony would then turn, and walk behind his desk, and sat down in his chair, resting his feet on his desk, as Louie, by this time, had woken up, and now sat up on Anthony's desk, panting happily at him, as he offered his head to Anthony, who stretched his hand out and rubbed the beagle's head. "You're something else boy, following and finding me here."

Trizen frowned a bit on feeling the notion that everyone was restless. Not to mention he wanted to get out of class to do... well... nothing. He was the kind of person that liked to chill and relax, though if that meant he had to read a couple of pages, he figured he mind as well read whatever the time alloted for him.

'Winston Smith... that's a weird name... Maybe I'm thinking of some other celebrity.' The boy thought as he continued to read. This certainly was a weird book. 1984... that seemed like a long while ago. Heck, it was a long while ago. Wonder why they made such a futuristic reality in 1984. April of 1984. Ok, now he was thinking of the year too much. It was certainly overthought now.

WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH

'Hmm... Certainly.... this sounds really familiar.' A smirk rose on his face as he thought about PHS 42.

[Nicolas Constantine]

When Mr. Hyde had mentioned they we're going to begin the class with George Orwell's 1984, Nick almost jumped for joy. Not only was it his favourite book, but it was one of the only books he read more than once. So when the teacher told everyone to grab a copy, Nick just reached behind him, taking one as he was in the back to to begin with.

The first thing he noticed before opening the book to read it for the umpteenth time, was that the book was in spectacular condition. He would have thought that on a public school budget, they would have received a book that had been passed down as many times as he had read it. Nick called out to the front of the room without raising his hand.

"Are these new books!?" he yelled towards Mr. Hyde in his accent.

No matter really, Nick would open the book and begin to read the first two chapters. Even though he wasn't much of a reader at all, Nick would still be too immersed in the story to notice anything going on around him.

[Alexis Green]

Alexis smiled when Li smirked at her little comment about wanting the flirty girl to leave. She wanted to say something back to the teacher, but the students began flooding him with questions she didn’t care about. Now it would be too delayed if she were to mention something about him being the teacher.

So they were reading for this class? Alexis wasn’t a big fan of reading. She leaves that kind of thing to Olivia, because she is the dweeb. Li had gotten up to retrieve the utilities and passed a book to her and Matrim. Are they pals? Odd.

"Heh, I gotta admit, this class ain't all that bad. Wanna do something after school, if you're free?"

Her attention was easily taken away from the book that had been laid in front of her and she smiled up at Li. “Sure what do you have in mind.” A sly smile played on her face as she gave him a teasing wink. “Just kidding, I usually have more than one thing on my mind… It’s rare so you better take advantage of it and we can like… go for a walk or something?” after all, Alexis loved to jog and run and all that jazz, and since she had moved here she had gotten a little slower. It’s like… a stat cap or something was blocking her true potential… (OOC: hehe)

Her attention fell back to the book and she heard some other students marvel at the conditions of the contents of said book.

Chapter one…Oh boy I’m bored already. How does Olivia read?

[Sara Quinn]

Sara looked around as people began to get up and go get their books. Seriously...? Really now... She was supposed to go get the damn book? She turned behind her to look at the books. Well at least it wasn't to far... Fuck =_=" Nice. Make the bloody cripple go get a book. Great...

She hauled herself out of the chair and leaned over, grabbing a book, and then dropped back into her chair, wincing from the sudden spasm of pain in her leg. That sucked. She looked at the book in front of her. She didn't want to read. " Reading sucked. She didn't want to read. She flipped through the book and read random parts of it. It got old reallll quick though... Like 2 seconds...

She looked at Nick next to her. She reached over and poked him. No longer concerned about the girl next to her, she spoke normally, leaning forward in her chair and smiling at him. "So what have you been up to?"

[Nicolas Constantine]

...The Ministry of Love was the really frightening one. There were no windows in it at all. Winston had never been inside the Ministry of Love, nor within half a kilometer of it. It was a place impossible to enter except...

Nick felt a tapping on his shoulder. Couldn't whoever was bothering him see that he was enjoying himself reading George Orwell's 1984? He sighed and looked up in the direction the tapping came from. It was Sara who had been poking his shoulder. He guessed he could spare a moment from reading, as he had read the book countless times and if he were to be asked a question about it by the teacher if he seemed to not be reading, he would be fine to answer it. He looked at Sara and smiled as she asked him a question.

"So what have you been up to?"

Nick thought it kind of strange that she would disappear for two weeks without him hearing from her or as much as a text message.

"I haven't really been up to anything. I should be asking you that question."

Hopefully the way he asked the question would imply that he was a bit upset that she hadn't contacted him or anything after that night. Nick also thought that class probably wasn't the best place to bring up the topic if it was something that was important.

[Mr. Hyde]

"Are these new books!?" Kyle looked up and over at Nick, before nodding. "Yes, these are new books. Not brand new per say, but in excellent condition, and they won't fall apart on you, not even at the end of the year." He then saw Sara pull herself out of her chair and lean over to grab a book, before dropping back in her seat, wincing slightly. It was pretty obvious a lot of the students weren't going to read the book, and Kyle knew it, but as long as they didn't start overturning desks and all that shit, he would let them do what they felt like until class was over and he dismissed them. He then saw Adrian had raised his hand, as he nodded at him. "Mr. Hyde, I've gotta know... is there anything as completely messed up as this Two Minutes Hate? Because this is just... it's nuts, man..."

"Well Adrian," Kyle began, leaning back in his chair, "While there isn't anything as messed up as the Two Minutes Hate in our society, nonetheless there is prejudice everywhere you go, people just show it more subtly than those in the book. Just because you don't see it, doesn't mean it's not there. Even in high school, prejudice is everywhere. Cliques for example. You have the jocks, the athletes, the cheerleaders, the geeks, and any other clique you can think of. Unless you're part of that clique, have you noticed that if someone in a different clique tries to come into the group, everyone in the group rejects that person? Think about it." Kyle looked over at the clock, and saw that it was two minutes before he dismissed them. "Alright, class is almost over. Before I let you all go, is there any questions?"