kitsjay | A Sick Rose? Quick, Where's the Doctor!

My Brit Lit class contains one blemish, deemed by me as Awkward Sexual Comment Making Guy. He might have a name, but that would acknowledge him as a human being, which isn't something I'm willing to do.

Now, normally he says something incredibly inappropriate that stops the class. My teacher, with that keen accuracy most teachers are born with, avoids eliciting any opinion from this guy in class, for which we are all thankful. Today, he came up with this gem, which while neither sexual nor really awkward, was so incredibly stupid that I feel it should be preserved somewhere so that others may learn from it. Every time I see the gears slowly turning behind his eyes, I want to cut in and say, "No. Just don't. You're about to speak, and whenever you do that, my soul hurts. So just stop."

We're reading Blake and talking about the French Revolution, its effects on Britain, how this showed up in poetry and literature, et cetera.

He opened his mouth and this proceeded from that dark abyss: "Was this after the Magna Carta was signed?"

For those not paying attention in history class (or, y'know, life), a brief recap.

Magna Carta, 1215. William Blake, 1792.

I am almost certain if I started a petition to allow this guy to get an "A" in the class if he promises never to show up again, everyone, including my professor, will sign it.

Also, yes, my subject line does combine two of my geekiest interests combined, what of it?