No one was sure why, but it was VERY important to the professor that the class know the difference between a lectern and a podium. Once a semester, what came to be known as the "Lectern Lecture" would take place. That particular class meeting was often not very well attended.
After a few weeks of fast food, streaming shows, working on projects, and only leaving the house to go to class and work, you might want to mix it up a bit by getting outside and visiting nature.
Or at least getting outside to take out the trash.
When you turned down every social invitation for the weekend because you're behind on the three papers and two projects due on Monday and THAT'S the weekend Mom drives into town for a surprise visit.
"I think I must have missed the group message about class today," thought the student.
Once the class had paired up, the professor realized that there was one team that likely would only turn in a bare bones draft that she would have to ask them to flesh out multiple times for this assignment.
The professor was pretty sure that the student knew neither the meaning behind nor the actual words of "O Captain, My Captain," when the student began, "O Captain Marvel, My Captain Marvel..."
Having come to class unprepared, the student tried to derail things with a rendition of "Captain, My Captain."
