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“My theory is that women can multitask and think of a hundred things. A guy gets home and can’t do anything except sit in the chair and ask his wife for the remote and a beer. I think women came from a galaxy far away, drug us out of our caves with that stupid apple, and made us what we are.” John’s allusion to the Bible was not lost on this group of predominantly Catholic students, who got a chuckle out of the reference.

“They must be superior. They live longer, they are smarter, are better looking, have nicer smiles, they become mothers, and their kids like them better than the dads.” Once again, there was a point to his “theorizing” beyond just getting a laugh. John knew that the male students would readily accept him—he is a football coach, the type of person many guys look to as a role model. But he knew he had to find a way to win over the females in the class as well.

Shifting to a new topic, John said, “They were supposed to limit this class to the standard twenty or thirty students, but I said if I can coach 180, I can teach more than thirty. So they said I could have as many students as there are seats.” John paused for a moment and with a sly grin added, “I outsmarted them—and pulled in some extra chairs.”