[CENTER][h1][color=6A5ACD][b]Jason McKinney[/b][/color][/h1][/center][hr][INDENT][sup][color=silver]Tuesday, August 21[sup]st[/sup], 2018 - 02:27 pm[/color][/sup][/INDENT] As Jason listened to the other students list off their answers, he couldn't help a small smirk from tugging at his lips.  He had heard one of the girls laugh at his dumb joke, which had pushed his confidence to an all-time high.  He looked over at her with a grin, giving her a sly, knowing wink before turning his attention back to the class.  He had made a cute girl laugh, so he considered the day a success.  He'd seen her around, recognized her face, but he had never really gotten to know her.  She was one of the quiet ones, he'd always had a soft spot for girls like that, but for all of his confidence and joke-cracking, he never really could work up the nerve to talk to those of the fairer sex.  

He kept quiet as the others spoke, thinking of an actual answer to give.  He may have been a wisecracker, but that didn't mean that was all he wanted to be known for.  He began to sift through his massive mental database of relevent quotes and information he could use.
It wasn't easy, he had spent most of his life gorging himself on media of all types, and as a curse he managed to remember most, if not all, of it.  So for now he stayed quiet, trying not to let the fact that one of his jokes entertained someone get to his head.  Not an easy task.

Aiden spoke, and he recognized the student from the football team.  He never associated with them, but the members of the football team were unoffical celebrities in the halls.  It would be hard for him not to recognize him.
Once he was done speaking, Jason recalled a quote from an author he really enjoyed, if only for the man's satirical humor.
[color=6A5ACD]"Mark Twain said, 'Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it.'"[/color] he quoted.  
[color=6A5ACD]"We're also the only species on this planet capable of questioning why we're here in the first place.  Animals just sorta go with it, living out their lives.  We're also the only species that spend their lives running around on this rock, staring at our watches and wondering when our time's gonna be up."[/color]

He looked over at Jonas, an eyebrow raised as he leaned back in his seat a bit.  
[color=6A5ACD]"Which begs the question, sir...  Why exactly are we here?  I dunno about the others, but I was tossed into this class without anyone asking me first.  If I can be frank, I don't know what the hell 'Social Conscience' is supposed to be teaching us besides how to sound pretentious at a coffee shop."[/color]
The question had been eating at him ever since he saw the class show up on his schedule.  The other students were from a massive mishmash of cliques.  Jocks, nerds, outcasts, and popular students were here, with no apparent rhyme or reason.  It had confused him and piqued his curiosity all the same.