[ WP ] You 're part way through a course when you realise that it 's for aspiring supervillains .

Necessary Economics 101, Tech building in room B02. The class was a cold windowless room in the basement. A couple of other students sat in the back with one or two at the front. David took his seat on the right hand side in the third row. 
 
 A red-haired girl sat a few seats over to his left. With any luck, David thought, I'll get to know her over the semester. She was dressed in pajama bottoms and a baggy hoodie. A really baggy hoodie. Way to big for her, he thought. Is it her boyfriends? 
 
 The professor walked into the room carrying a suitcase, which he dropped with a thump on his desk. `` Hello class I'm Doctor Hado. You're all adults so if I have to explain how a class works you can leave now.'' After a moment of silence the professor continued. `` You're lesson begins now, with a question. Slave traders would bring cargo from Africa to the US and sell all the slaves that survived the trip, for what they could. The traders did n't pack enough extra food for the slaves. Many would die on the voyage to America. So my question is this. Why did n't they protect their investment?'' 
 
 The class was quiet, the professor looked over them expectantly. A girl in the third row spoke up. `` They were racist, they just did n't care.'' The professor grimaced `` No, anyone else?'' A student in the back responded `` it weeded out the weak slaves, and only left the strongest specimens.'' The professor looked upset now `` Wrong again''. 
 
 David rose his hand and the professor looked at him. `` because it would be cheaper for a few slaves to die than feed everyone properly.'' The professor raised his hand and pointed at David `` That's the kind of thinking I want to see out of each and everyone of you. Forget about your beliefs and preconceived notions about the world. I want you to forget emotion. This is Necessary Economics 101. We make the decisions that the capes could never even understand. ``
