Looking for Alaska

by John Green

How did we come to be, and what will become of us when we are no longer? In short: What are the rules of this game, and how might we best play it?”

This teacher rocked. I hated discussion classes. I hated talking, and I hated listening to everyone else stumble on their words and try to phrase things in the vaguest possible way so they wouldn’t sound dumb, and I hated how it was all just a game of trying to figure out what the teacher wanted to hear and then saying it.