Chapter 32: What Reference?
He was a timid and gay guy. However, unlike the typical stereotype, he was not particularly academically gifted.
Jeff knew many gay persons, and most of them were very intelligent, but this classmate of his was an exception.
Still, he was the best dancer Jeff had ever seen, excelling in class and being an avid fan of K-pop.
Jeff had already understood his part in just ten minutes, which was remarkably fast.
He was fortunate the night before, as he had already memorized this module. His report happened to be on the same module, which made preparation easier.
Had it been part two of the module, it would have taken him more time to memorize, understand, and come up with examples.
This is because the second part of the module had not yet been distributed to the class, except to the students assigned to report on that topic, who received it in advance.
"Moving... on... to... the... elements... of... drama..." he read slowly, occasionally stuttering.
His voice was barely above a whisper, prompting Mrs. Baldoza to lean forward in her seat, her face showing clear frustration as she struggled to hear him.
"Number 1, character... In drama... the story... revolves awou... around main characters... with minor chacters... I mean, characters... contributing to the... action," he continued, mispronouncing and misspelling several words from the sentence.
His reading and delivery resembled that of a first-grade student, both in pace and speed.