Mathias winced visibly. He had not idea when this place turned into one giant family reunion, but apparently that was the situation right now. Blinking in a bit of a bemused fashion he surveyed his students again, smiling at the bickering Asians and the Portugese boy that just entered the class. Mathias took a deep breath like a wolf that was about to huff and puff away a little piggy's house.
'GUYS!' he belowed, still rather cheerfully, all things considered 'Okay. Now that we're all here, I think it would be good to start? I doubt anyone of yese wants to stay here till the dead of night, am I right?'
He motioned to Lili, taking her gently by the shoulder and bringing her to the centre of the class. 'Let our most respectable director talk' he said, smiling down at little Miss Zwingli encouragingly.
'I know that you guys are probably not aquianted with Western classics' he explained to Yao and his counterparts 'But that way you can learn something about them, and next time perhaps we can learn something about Orient?'