I'm going to give you the assignment in an e-mail coming to you shortly. You'll then pass it on. The person you pass it on to will then pass it on to another student and so on ten levels down, total. You all each have your contact names. The voice came from Constance Beet's tiny head on the bottom left of my screen.
Some academic exercises are simply mysteries of faith.
These, such as this one and most episodes of The X Files, are best left unquestioned. Now, class, here comes your assignment. I punched a key and fired off the assignment to my class. There was a flurry of clicking keys from the students. I figured my return time and went to see a movie.