Weird things happen sometimes in the classroom

Today's topic of discussion: what would Aelred of Rievaulx think of Facebook?

Also, one of my students apparently outed me to another after class (not that my personal life is any great secret, though neither is it something I talk about). As it was reported to me, the latter student was taken aback, though I don't know whether this was in an oh-I-didn't-realize-that sort of way or more of an I'm-scandalized-and-need-to-talk-to-my-rector sort of way.

Another student was concerned for my emotional well-being as a result of some things I said about the fragmentation of our lives in contemporary society. She came to office hours afterward to make sure I was OK.

I quoted from John Cleese's guest-starring role on Cheers to illustrate a point.

UPDATE: Here, roughly 6:10-6:24.