Professor Larkinson's First Lesson
The new professor did not begin his class by holding a lengthy lecture.
Instead, he chose to start with an open-ended question. This was an interesting way to set the tone of this event. It indicated that he was likely to employ this approach many times throughout this course.
The students of the Eden Institute were not timid or slow in thought. They were all incredibly smart and at least somewhat talented in their own ways.
Over half of the enrolled students already raised their arms within seconds. Klaus did not follow suit as he lacked the confidence to come up with a good answer himself.
A situation like this was tailor-made for students to leave an excellent and highly memorable first impression.
Due to the nature of this class, a clever student could not only make himself look good in front of his professor, but also all of the people that had come as well!