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Category: John, gen, pre-series.
"The boys are learning what they need to know," John says. He's not used to contradiction.
Jim's come all the way to Iowa to argue with him, though, and he's a stubborn man. "How to fight? This is the third school Dean's been kicked out of."
"He didn't start it -- three against one and the other boys were seniors."
"The other boys didn't stand a chance," Jim says. It's true; Dean told him, half-proud and half-sulky, and John didn't know whether to be proud or ashamed either, because that's his teaching, right there. Who cares if Dean flunks history?
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June 25 2006, 05:57:00 UTC 5 years ago
Dean told him, half-proud and half-sulky, and John didn't know whether to be proud or ashamed either, because that's his teaching, right there.
I loved this line in particular. And the implication that John's teaching wasn't just how to fight, but Dean's attitude about the whole incident as well.
June 25 2006, 09:28:19 UTC 5 years ago
And I think John molds Dean's attitudes, probably more than he realizes.
June 18 2008, 08:20:56 UTC 3 years ago
June 22 2008, 21:15:40 UTC 3 years ago