This reminds me of a great Curb Your Enthusiasm bit about "Middling" at dinner parties. See Larry and Susie take the kind of authoritative approach you write about. You've always been a good Middle in your classroom - "the point guard distributing the ball."
ERMAHGERD!
This reminds me of a great Curb Your Enthusiasm bit about "Middling" at dinner parties. See Larry and Susie take the kind of authoritative approach you write about. You've always been a good Middle in your classroom - "the point guard distributing the ball."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m5LK4FTNoo
But which muppet are you?