Lexington High School is introducing a new Advanced Placement course for next year: AP Nonchalant, taught by Maximus Chill, LHS’s most nonchalant teacher.
“AP Nonchalant isn’t about doing nothing. It’s about being able to succeed while looking like you’re not trying at all,” Chill said.
AP Nonchalant will cover key strategies for being nonchalant at a rigorous level. Although it’s an AP course, Chill is confident that students completely new to the nonchalant ways will succeed under his direction.
“We welcome all students to this course. We will have tests and homework like any other class, but we are determined that any student can thrive in this environment. As a teacher, I’m committed to helping students become fully confident in expressing their nonchalantness,” Chill said.
Students will learn strategies like walking nonchalantly in the hallways and participating in class while being nonchalant. The class has already generated excitement among students.
“I’ve been taking AP classes and tests since my freshman year, but this is the first one I’ve truly felt prepared for. I’m excited to be able to earn AP credit for my nonchalant,” Michael Davis, a naturally nonchalant LHS student, said.
Many students believe the course will help them manage stress by teaching them not only how to look nonchalant, but also how to feel nonchalant, helping them develop a relaxed outlook on school. However, some teachers are skeptical about the educational value of the course.
“I’m not exactly sure what students are learning in this class. Mr. Chill is a new teacher right out of the College of TSpmo and he decides to teach this. What would the tests and assignments even look like?” Sally Reynolds, an English teacher, said.
While there are numerous questions and concerns surrounding the new course, Skibeedee Toylet, founder of the National Epic LooksMaxxing Nonchalant Association (NELNA), has stood behind its validity.
“These millennials won’t understand this revolutionary concept. Only the new generation understands it, which makes it so unique and powerful. I can testify that I have been effortlessly mogging my friends and family ever since I began practicing and sharing the sacred nonchalant moves,” Toylet said.
Toylet’s nonchalant response has been met with enthusiastic support from the LHS student community, with a celebration in the Quad causing a 6.9 magnitude earthquake. Despite the destruction of LHS buildings around them, the prospective AP Nonchalant students remained calm and collected as if nothing had happened. Although tasked to fix the broken buildings, the custodians have still voiced their support for the new course.
“I don’t even care that I have to repair all of these darn toilets. I’m just excited that the students get to learn truly enriching material that they can carry with them into adulthood. Hopefully, they will add AP Demure soon,” Mr. Clean, a veteran custodian, said.