Originally Posted by
Maryring
Nope, but some of the class-mates may put it down simply to be contrary to Allison's expectations. Most of the people in that class are probably well aware that putting down a black or white rock is ultimately not going to amount to anything since the prof doesn't have any actual power to hand out As and failures as freely as that.
So it stands to reason that there are people who are putting down a white stone, not to say that they want an A, but to say that "I really don't want to cooperate with Al". Which isn't that surprising. Al has very little patience or respect for the viewpoints of others.