who could criticize the impulse
to make the leader of the room
as happy as possible through acts
of obsequiousness; well, every
other student (believers in
zero sum affection games)
for example, in addition to
any teachers in earshot;
the teacher's pet is a monotheist
in the extreme sense: one person
is god, under who's aegis the
worshipper serves, from school
to shining workplace, not exactly
a lover of authority, but an implicit
believer in the divine right of the
powerful to be attended to at all costs,
while the deity looks down with scorn,
awards an A, and worships at a more
important altar
Roman Ryan 