Adventures with Students, vol. 16

Standing outside chatting with a particularly voluble older student from my Shakespeare class.  He's congratulating himself on being talkative in class, contributing a lot, etc.  I'm reminding him that perhaps some students in the class are quite tuned in, just not particularly anxious to talk.  Maybe they're introverted.  He comes out with this gem: 

I had to get over my introversion before I was ready to become a teacher.  I don't want to wilt in front of a class!

I leaned in really close and said:

Here's a secret:  I'm an extreeeme introvert.

Then I bid him good day.