There is a guy in my English class that never shuts up—normally this is a behavior I would find it incredibly annoying but I oscillate the entire time he’s speaking between irritation and amusement. This is simply because he talks and behaves like a person from an Aaron Sorkin script. Full on pompous New England accent, debate team coach, young Republican little asshole. Today he said, “As someone with A LOT of experience with the country club set, I can assure you that…” and the other day he wore a button-up shirt with an argyle sweater tied around his neck, I shit you not.
Anyways dude is real smart (and knows it) and today he mansplained to our entire class about the necessity of Tort law, like any of us were arguing that we shouldn’t be able to sue doctors for fucking up. And even though he’s obviously such a precocious piece of shit, I’m just so amused by his extremely cartoonish behavior I can’t even get mad! He also identifies as a Republican (loudly, proudly, all the time) but wrote a persuasive essay on how the French healthcare system is far superior than our model and that we should adopt it and also the government should pay for doctor education so, I mean, I’m beginning to think that he’s just socially and culturally Republican but a socialist at heart, just like some people are atheist Jews.
What I’m saying is I have no idea what he’s doing in my Advanced Writing class because he clearly needs to be having a good walk and talk through a government building while arguing passionately with Bradley Whitford.
