The Daria episode... I think it was the greedy psychotic principal that insisted Daria go to the coffee house and read that poem. I do remember that Daria had an agreement with the teacher/principal that would have allowed her to slide on the public presentation thing by selling a ridiculous amount of candy bars. That went by the way when Daria (quite reasonably) refused to sell the candy to a woman who had stated that she was diabetic. Both Type I and II diabetics have to closely watch their blood sugar, and the woman wanted the whole friggin' box. (And was heavily overweight to begin with -a Type II risk factor.)
The woman called the school and complained. Daria explained the situation, but the explanation was waved off, Daria got yelled at, and made to complete the public presentation part of the assignment.
So yeah, the reaction of the audience was almost certainly high on her list of desired outcomes.
Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. -Terry Pratchett
The Daria episode... I think it was the greedy psychotic principal that insisted Daria go to the coffee house and read that poem. I do remember that Daria had an agreement with the teacher/principal that would have allowed her to slide on the public presentation thing by selling a ridiculous amount of candy bars. That went by the way when Daria (quite reasonably) refused to sell the candy to a woman who had stated that she was diabetic. Both Type I and II diabetics have to closely watch their blood sugar, and the woman wanted the whole friggin' box. (And was heavily overweight to begin with -a Type II risk factor.)
The woman called the school and complained. Daria explained the situation, but the explanation was waved off, Daria got yelled at, and made to complete the public presentation part of the assignment.
So yeah, the reaction of the audience was almost certainly high on her list of desired outcomes.
Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. -Terry Pratchett