Today I was walking with Chris toward the school gates after school had finished. I passed my English teacher Ms Patterson who held a stack of folders.

"Hey Miss." I greet.

"Hey Jordan." She smiles back.

As she is wearing something new today, I say: "That's a lovely shirt you have on today. Or is it a dress?"

"It's a shirt." She replies rather pleasantly. "Thank you anyway."

We part our ways happily. Chris says: "That was nice. You're a genuine kind of guy, you know?"

And I say: "Genuine? I was at first, but the real reason I complimented her was because the stack of folders she was carrying was our English class's assessment work she was marking, and I wanted to make sure I got a good mark. Hi-5! Hi-5! Hi-5!"

"And here I was thinking how genuine that comment was." Chris smiles. "Good job, Jordan."

Yes, good job Jordan indeed.