Steven frowned slightly at the woman with the ear buds, but said nothing. He did not really care that she had been listening to music, but he knew that he was still in a poor mood. Shaking his head, he tried to dispel his demons. It was not his students' faults that he was having a crappy day.

"Good morning class. Ah, why don't we go around in a circle, and tell everyone our name and something about ourselves? I will start. I am Steven and I teach sociology here. I am recently divorced, have a dog named Hobo and I like jogging and reading novels in my spare time." He turned and pointed at the woman, who was just putting away her ear buds.