Paul said politely that he wanted to do better in school.
VOA: special.2009.04.04
"Put it this way: I don't wanna call you crazy, because I don't know you well enough to call you crazy, " he saidpolitely when asked about the strategy.
The cleric said he asked "politely, " but the girl's angry reaction and some pugilistic double-teaming with her friend landed the holy man in the hospital, according to an account Monday in the semiofficial Mehr News Agency.