Riddle 003: A Teacher's Pet?

[questionauthority]

[A low groan into the phone.]

Really, Mayfield? You're trying my patience. It's difficult enough trying to get a handle on this nonsensical town without having an occupation enforced upon you.

...in any case, it appears that I'm to be teaching English Literature and Mathematics in the fall. Hardly the career choice I would've expected.

I never was much of a fan of my old teachers back in high school, but believe me, I won't be making the same idiotic mistakes they made. And you know me. I always love a good word problem... Assuming the children here are smart enough, maybe this won't be so bad.

Comments

[hateslonglines.livejournal.com]

The drone children never retain anything they learn. Everyone else either find it interesting, or already know it due to being hundreds of years old.

[puzzlerprince.livejournal.com]

They never retain anything they learn? Not much different from children nowadays, is it?

[hateslonglines.livejournal.com]

Perhaps.

Though I don't normally teach children, nor do I teach American children. This place simply though it would be fun to place me as a music teacher.

[puzzlerprince.livejournal.com]

My condolences.

[withmorelove.livejournal.com]

I can assure you, the lack of desire to return to school is shared.

[puzzlerprince.livejournal.com]

Considering the boat that everyone's in right now, I doubt anyone really wants to go to school or get a full-time job here.

[freakinblur.livejournal.com]

If you think that's bad, pally, they put me to work in an office!

[puzzlerprince.livejournal.com]

Really? What sort of work do they force you to do?

[snazzy-cadaver.livejournal.com]

They will pretty much do whatever you ask of them.

{Or so I've noticed.}

[puzzlerprince.livejournal.com]

Oh?

[snazzy-cadaver.livejournal.com]

So long as they're the town's drones.