This is a funny story.

Anthony Castro and Korian Blake are two of the funniest and most clever students I have. They are the two class clowns in my fourth period (which is partly because they are the only males in a class of 18). Anthony is very smart.

I was giving an informal lecture on . . . something. The point is, I wanted their attention. I wasn't getting it from Anthony. As I'm talking, I walk over to Anthony's desk and put my hand on it. I was hoping to get him on task via the subtle proximity move. Instead, he takes out a blank piece of paper and starts scribbling. Carefully, he folds it in half and turns around to pass the note to Korian. This is literally happening 1 foot in front of me, so of course I grabbed the note.

The note read, "This is a test to see how nosey Mr. Moore is." I laughed pretty hard at that one. "You guys are funny," I said. I saw the look of satisfaction in Anthony's eyes, and couldn't really blame him for it. "Pretty funny," I said, and continued.