Mr. Lyons' IA Fight Stories

This post has been a long time in the making. And by that of course I mean I've been meaning to write it since December. But that's beside the point; I took notes so as not to forget stuff, so nothing but time has been lost. On that note, let's get started.

In mid-December in fisix class a student asked Mr. Lyons if he had ever taught math before. He responded with a story about how he had indeed taught math at his old school, but then he thought to ask himself why he enjoyed math. His answer to himself was "to do fisix," so after that he because a fisix teacher. He continued to say that at his old school, as at many normal non-IA schools, it was quite common for fights to break out in the hallways. In fact, it was so common that it became second nature for him to scan for signs of potential fights so he could go break them up as soon as they started.

"Wait," you ask, "doesn't this sound familiar?" Yes, it should. But not to worry, they are different stories entirely from this point on. Well, save for the next sentence.

It was Mr. Lyons' first year at IA, and he hadn't quite learned the IA way yet. Actually, hang on a moment. He told us this story first, but let's save it for the end. Meanwhile...

The second fight story he told us was about two French students (from France, not that take Francias). He said that he entered a room to find that one student had pushed another into a whiteboard. Why? The pusher believed that the pushee was being disrespectful to his (the pushee's) girlfriend and wanted to defend her honor. I really want to know what exactly was said, but alas I do not.

OK, back to my favorite one. In fact, it was not just his first year but his first two days at IA. While walking in the hallway he heard two boys start to raise their voices. Accustomed to his old school, he automatically went over to them to begin to break up the coming fight. However, true to IA form, the exchange contained no physical violence whatsoever and the dialogue was as follows:

A: You know, when you said that to me, that really hurt my feelings!

B: I'm sorry! I didn't mean for you to take it that way! *Looks at watch* We're gonna be late! We gotta get to class!

And they both went their separate ways. The end.

And to conclude, I apologize for all the sentences in this post that begin with conjunctions. This situation is well known as tung and the meaning of this in English is "allow" and it is spelled a-l-l-o-w.