 Smith was wondering. He shared an American history class with Crooks and remembered a mock debate where their teacher made students stand on one side of the classroom or another to signal their allegiance. I believe that teacher would be fired now. The majority of the class were on the liberal side, but Tom, no matter what, always stood his ground on the conservative side, according to Smith. That's still the picture I have of him, just standing alone on one side while the rest of the class was on the other.