American History: Lies Your Other Teachers Told You [Friday, August 29, 2014, 2nd period]

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

"Hey, everyone," Josh said with welcoming smile from the front of the classroom as his students filtered in. "I'm Josh Lyman. I used to be the chief of staff for President Matt Santos--if you haven't heard of him, don't feel too bad--" which meant that Josh wanted you to feel a little bad because he used to be someone important, okay, "--and now I'm here to use my considerable knowledge about America and US history to teach you about some of the parts of our past most text books tend to skate past because they aren't pretty."

Josh shrugged. "I was a professional political operative for twenty years. I'm not used to pretty. Anyway, let me learn a little bit about you first. I need to know if I'm dealing with Kennedy assassination conspiracy theorists, 'what the hell's America' people, or something in between."

He pointed to the first student that caught his attention. "You. Sparky. Go first. Oh, and I need a TA to bring me coffee and other really important stuff, so if you want to help with that, hit me up after class."

Comments

Re: Introductions [8/29]

[flickofthewrist]

"Flick. And favorite president?" He didn't really think he had a favorite so he was just going to pick a name at random. "Kennedy's my favorite. That guy just oozed cool."

That was actually truthful in Flick's opinion. "Favorite piece of useless history? The fact that John Wilkes Booth's brother saved the life of Abraham Lincoln's son. Pretty weird tidbit all things considered."

Re: Introductions [8/29]

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

Josh nodded. "I like that one too. I also love how Kennedy and Lincoln both had veeps named Johnson, and that Lincoln's secretary's last name was Kennedy, and Kennedy's was named Lincoln. History is both entertaining and weirdly creepy."