"Excellent. Side Question: How many of you have fallen asleep while trying to read a Shakespearean play for yourself?
The class falls silent. Hands are not raised. Then Professor Glenny looks directly at me, and I wonder how he knows, but then I realize he's not looking at me, but at the guy behind me, who's the only person who raised his hand. Along with everyone else in the class, I turn and look at him. He's one of two African-American students in the room, though he's the only one sporting a huge afro halo covered in jeweled barrettes and bubblegum-pink lip gloss. Otherwise, he's dressed like a soccer mom, in sweats and pink Ugg boots. In a field of carefully cultivated rarities, he is a wild flower, or perhaps a w**d.
"What play bored you to sleep?" asks Professor Glenny.
"Take you
