"Mitchell got As in my class, actually. At least if he was engaged with the material." Which, admittedly, had been for one solitary unit: Beowulf. He probably would have been on cloud nine if Alasdair had taught Game of Thrones then, but he'd only come up with that idea this year. "He can be smart enough if he figures out that he needs to think about something other than his games and his fantasy world." Which Alasdair could sympathize with, honestly, though his fantasy world had been a different kind.

Still, he'd hope that Mitchell Moore had less of a cynical awakening.

"Tests are flawed, though," he said. "But sometimes there isn't a good way of measuring otherwise. And if we don't have any way of measuring performance, and how students are doing, then I can't change my curriculum to try to actually manage to teach them." He shrugged. It was different than one on one, which he'd also done. "Exams are only part of the grade, anyway," he added, raising a brow. "You can't just show up, pass the test, and skip the rest of the year. Participation is the majority of my rubric."