Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida Education Quotes

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #10

I hoped, in fact, that by some wildcard of luck they'd transfer me over from Mr. Shattler's class, where all we did was read magazines and play bingo games, to hers, where students read detective books and stuff by that Shakespeare guy. (7.64)

Here, Manny is finally making us think that maybe he's starting to care about the academic side school. You know, the Shakespeare stuff. After all, he wants to transfer classes so he can trade magazines for awesome old plays. But what do you think causes this shift in attitude?