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So. Teaching.

When the Tricks, Cons and Bamboozles students arrived for class today, they would find their teacher ~~ungodly attractive~~ standing at the front of the room, clad in an expensive suit with his ankle tracker left deliberately visible on the outside of his pants. Some might argue that that would hurt his credibility as a teacher. Neal saw it differently.

“Welcome to Tricks, Cons and Bamboozles,” he said once everyone was seated. “I’m going to be upfront with you and tell you that teaching isn’t something I ever planned to be doing. But you’re here and I’m here, and it’s my job to teach you all a little something about being wily and persuasive – and most of all, successful.”

“But first,” he continued, “I’m going to challenge you all. A lot of teachers might have you introduce yourselves on the first day. I want you to bullshit me.” He doubted this was the kind of school where he could come under fire for using bad language, but if it was, it wasn’t like he’d ever gotten a high school diploma or sufficient experience in a high school environment to teach him that. “Introduce yourselves and try to convince me you’re someone else. Your classmates and I will be free to ask you questions to try and trip you up. Starting now.”

He pointed at someone, then gestured to the front of the room and took a seat on top of an empty desk in the first row. “Go.”

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"Kim Kelly," she said, feigning disinterest. "From Detroit."

She figured giving short, nondescript answers would help her get away with this at least for a few moments.

Well, the accent was right, anyway.

"Yeah?" Neal asked, leaning forward a little "Tell me about yourself, Kim."
Sorry, Lindsay.

Lindsay raised an eyebrow. "You already got my name."

That was about as forthcoming as the real Kim would be in a classroom setting.

"Let me guess," he said. "Not the biggest fan of people."

"I'm generally not a fan of teachers," she shrugged. "But maybe I can learn something useful in this class."

Like how to impersonate others better...

"This something that interests you?" Neal asked.

This girl was not giving him much to go on, no.

"Stealing and conning? Sure." She sounded nervous and unsure, though, rather than delinquent-like. The real Kim would be laughing at her.

"...Are you sure about that?" he laughed. Because she didn't sound sure. "What kinds of things have you stolen and/or conned?"

"I'm a frequent shoplifter," Lindsay said. "Really."

So convincing.

Neal snickered. "Sorry," he said. "Not buying it."

Like at all.

Tricks, Cons and Bamboozles | Tuesday | Period 4

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