he says that he wants her to tell the class what traits she looks for in a “potential mate”.
I got this question in class one day...well, my whole class got it. We had to list the three qualities we'd look for in a mate. I came up with dependability, intelligence and a sense of humor. The teacher got mad; I wasn't supposed to say anything so sensible at sixteen. I was supposed to come up with something shallow that the teacher could mock. I was "wrecking the curve."
And yeah, my teacher made roughly the same argument that the sexist in Nora's biology class did--that humans have complex ways of choosing mates to guarantee the survival of the species. (Gay people? Childless people? They don't exist, silly!)
And oh my Christ, this is fucking creepy.
I hate Patch, and I want to stab him with one of those angelic blades from SPN. The ones that make angels and devils explode.
I feel so sorry for Nora. She's obviously got more sense than her writer, but she's going to be forced into this hideous relationship anyway.
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Date: 2011-05-30 01:39 am (UTC)I got this question in class one day...well, my whole class got it. We had to list the three qualities we'd look for in a mate. I came up with dependability, intelligence and a sense of humor. The teacher got mad; I wasn't supposed to say anything so sensible at sixteen. I was supposed to come up with something shallow that the teacher could mock. I was "wrecking the curve."
And yeah, my teacher made roughly the same argument that the sexist in Nora's biology class did--that humans have complex ways of choosing mates to guarantee the survival of the species. (Gay people? Childless people? They don't exist, silly!)
And oh my Christ, this is fucking creepy.
I hate Patch, and I want to stab him with one of those angelic blades from SPN. The ones that make angels and devils explode.
I feel so sorry for Nora. She's obviously got more sense than her writer, but she's going to be forced into this hideous relationship anyway.