"No it's not."

"I'll give you a fair chance to sell me on it."

"Yay!"

"But I promise no more than a fair chance. Perhaps it will be too much like math class."

"Fair enough. It's really not like math class at all, but some math is done so I guess that could get annoying."

"I don't actually hate math. It's just that it comes to me least easily of academic subjects so it has some accumulated resentment for that reason."

"Ahhh, I see. History's mine. I lose track of the dates."

"Dates are the least fun part of history."

"They really are. I mean, I know it's important to learn history, but - just throwing dates at me doesn't make me care."

"The good history books are not the kind that make it into the public school system, unfortunately."

"Nope. It's kind of annoying, actually."

"They should just drop Guns, Germs, and Steel on everybody in ninth grade. It's imperfect but it's extremely readable, it'd make a good springboard."

"Yeah, I mean - I think it would be better to explain why things happened rather than - 'This person did this at this time.'"

"Right. Context, narrative."

"Exactly. People like stories, not - lots of names and dates. So if it's a story, and not just dry information dump, I think people would care more. At least a bit."

"I think so too."

Savannah is resisting the urge to tell them to kiss. Somehow. She's not entirely sure how, but she's managing it.

Darren doesn't notice Savannah! He's smiling at Bella.

Bella is smiling back at him! She isn't paying any attention to Savannah.

Off to art!

Whee, art!

When they get there, Savannah nudges Darren. Then she raises an eyebrow at him.

... And Darren is confused!

So is Bella, but she at least doesn't seem to be directly targeted! They're doing coil pots this week. She pays attention to the teacher's explanation of the importance of slipping and scoring "almost like you have a problem".