[Steve opens up his own bag and begins pulling out stacks of papers and his trusty correction pens, three identical red pens. He likes having back-ups in case he gets a batch of really terrible assignments that runs his ink out.]

I think most of them just care more about other things. Like now, for instance, it's all about dresses for the dance and who is taking who. Don't you remember how hard it was being a teenager? [He grins in good humor.]