"I'm John Sheppard, 17, and a senior. I'm in this class because I let someone else sign me up for classes this term and she thought I'd like the defense aspect of this one," he said, rolling his eyes a little.

"Two things that are different about me..." He had to think here. "One, I like playing golf. And two, I have weird genes." Sometimes he forgot about that second thing. "What's something weird about you?"