He doesn't know what "type coverage" is. Or for that matter how to tell what's a "friendly challenge," if you aren't actively stopping a kidnapping.

"I don't see why you'd ever switch out a Pokémon," says another of his classmates. "I mean, even if it goes unconscious, you can just send in the Pokémon you'd have switched to, and then use a Revive."

The teacher pinches the bridge of his nose. "Can anyone give me a reason why that strategy might be ineffective?"

"Revives are expensive," says another classmate. "You should usually save them for emergencies, like if you're in the middle of nowhere and all your Pokémon get knocked out."

The first kid crosses his arms. "That sounds like a you problem."

"Revives don't even restore your Pokémon to full strength. In some situations it's way better to switch in cannon fodder."

"Maybe normal ones don't."

Something about that is a little upsetting! He's not entirely sure what!

"Even if you don't think they're going to switch, it's not like Pursuit is totally useless."

"Sure, but it sucks. Why would you use a move that sucks when you could, instead, use a move that didn't suck?"

"Maybe you're fighting a Ghost-type and your other attacks are all Normal or Fighting."

Ghosts are common knowledge here???

People fight ghosts????????

"I already brought up the type coverage thing earlier. But basically anything that can learn Pursuit can learn something better that gives just as good coverage."

"Blitzle can't."

"I said basically anything."

"Okay but Blitzle are super common so they count more."

"They're not even that common apart from around here."

He is still kind of stuck on the ghost thing. Are they just ... floating around? Surely people aren't literally fighting spirit mediums? (Surely he'd know if there were a country where spirit mediums were super common?? He only even knows about them because he's overheard Pops complaining about how one of them 'ruined the department's integrity' back before he was even born.)

"Why do you even know that much about Blitzle? Do you, like, memorize that for fun???"

"I'm going to be a Blitzle breeder when I grow up."

"...why a Blitzle breeder rather than something people actually want?"

"Well, I like Blitzle."

...well, now he's distracted trying to figure out how Pokémon reproduce...

(The teacher is happy to let this argument happen. It's educational.)

"Even if you like Blitzle you should still breed Pokémon that someone actually wants."

"I'm someone and I want Blitzle."

"Okay, but if no one else wants Blitzle then how are you going to make any money?"

"They aren't even that unpopular. You're just jealous."

"... That doesn't even make sense."

He should probably say something so that it doesn't seem like he's completely ignoring the class.

"I battled someone the day before yesterday who had a Blitzle."

"See? That PROVES Blitzle is popular."

"People use all kinds of random Pokémon, that doesn't mean they're actually popular. Anyways if someone wants a Blitzle they could just go catch one, they aren't that hard to find."

"Maybe I can breed them for people in Kanto. I don't think Kanto has Blitzle."

Eventually the teacher redirects the conversation back to the main topic. They discuss counters to some technique called Volt Switch for a little while, and then the class is dismissed for lunch.

He heads over to the park with his classmates.

"Can I see your new Pokémon?" asks the kid who wanted to see Amadelphous yesterday.

Yeah, sure, that seems fine.

He floats out of his Pokéball and baps the kid on the nose.

Awwww.

"So, I'm fairly new to this area, what sort of things do people do for work around here?"

"You could be a waiter!"

"I think you're only allowed to be a waiter if you're a gym trainer though? How hard is it to be a gym trainer?"

"That's a stupid rule. If I were in charge of the gym I would let anyone who wanted be a waiter."

"Okay but you aren't though. Anyways I heard Fennel and Amanita were looking for help with their research?"

"Ewww, boring. I think he should move to Nimbasa and work at the amusement park."

"He said 'around here' though, Nimbasa isn't around here."

"Guys you are all forgetting about battling. Whenever I want more money I just challenge my little brother to a battle."

"Isn't your brother four?"

"He gets an allowance."

That is mostly not very useful but the Fennel thing seems like a good lead, he's pretty sure Fennel likes him.

"Okay but even if he has money he's still four. It's not fair to battle a four-year-old."

"He has a better Pokémon than I do though, Mom and Dad like him better than me."

"You shouldn't say that about your Pokémon, it's not nice."

"Okay but it's true though."

"I don't get why it's such a big issue if he's four. I battled lots of people when I was four."

The kids start arguing about battling four-year-olds. Most of them seem to agree that it's fine to battle four-year-olds who challenge you to a fight, but you probably shouldn't go pick on random four-year-olds who haven't challenged you.

"Okay fine, next time I'll just tell him that Sandy is cooler than Emma and wait for him to start it."

If he were four he thinks he wouldn't want people to just not battle him. Probably there's no way to bring that up without inviting awkward questions about his childhood.

Eventually lunch will end. 

The afternoon's class is a continuation of the previous day's lecture, this time focused on using items to help navigate caves. (It does not at any point mention light sources.)

...He raises his hand. This is probably a stupid question and might give him away, but getting lost in a cave sounds dangerous.