Nolan had to do everything he could to stop himself from giggling at the mini-debate that had begun between Erik and Gavin. He liked both men, he really did, outside of the debate and politics of course--but right now, Erik was ripping poor Gavin apart.

His attention was ripped back to Cassandra when she mentioned his name--wait, why was she calling ALTHEA the Professor??? He was a professor too--oh wait, there we go. Hehe. Nolan only wanted credit where credit was due!

"Thank you, Miss Braxton," he said with a smile as he turned to address the audience. "As Miss Braxton has pointed out, my colleague Miss Schirmer and I are the lucky few up here who have had the privilege of teaching at the school as well. For me, the biggest lesson I learned was flexibility. Sometimes you have to learn that things do not always go as planned--something that was almost a daily occurrence at Hogwarts. The same stands for the board. Sometimes things we plan might not go as smoothly as we had hoped. I certainly got to experience that when I found out the results of the last debate," he chuckled, pausing for the rest of the audience to laugh at his obviously hilarious witticism.

"Often times, things not going according to plan can cause people to have a minor panic attack and act abruptly. You won't find any of that with me--I take things as they come, and while I always have a plan in mind, I know that I can make changes on the fly if need be. It's one thing to say you can be flexible, but as I have found, and I'm sure Miss Schirmer can back me up on this, you never really know HOW to actually act flexibly until you teach and deal with it first hand. Thank you."

Another one down. One more to go before he started picking apart his opponents. MWAHAHAHAHA.