Morey assigned math facts to his students and watched as one student in particular, Chris, had trouble keeping his mind on his work. "The ten-year-old worked for several minutes, then laid his head on his desk," Berler wrote. "Over the next five minutes, he proceeded to raise his head, stretch his lips wide with his index fingers, twist his lower lip with his right hand, stare at Chandler seated opposite him, return his attention to the math sheet and count to forty-three on both hands to solve question four, count out the answer to another question, clench his teeth and erase what he had just written, sneeze, stick his right index finger in his right ear, refigure the question that had stumped him, stare into space, stare at the wall clock, catch Chandler's gaze and make a face, do more computation with his fingers, eye Aajah seated nearby him, place his index fingers in his mouth, play with a miniature action figure he pulled from his desk, and finally place his chin on his desk."
