He is another fake conservative.
definitely a memorable scene.
To me, that scene is what school is all about, Charlie Brown. Soul-crushing boredom. Few of us escape unscathed, whether we know it or not.
Well, except for a correct explanation of the Laffer Curve. That, of course, is an absurdity.
John Hughes had heard Ben speak, and loved the voice. It was the "perfect teacher's voice".
Stein was supposed to just call the roll, off-screen.... kinda like the teacher in numerous Peanut's specials: "Wah wah wah waaaaah". But, he ended up doing a scene on-camera.
His lesson about the Laffer curve was completely ad-libbed, but he wrote that the "Anyone? Anyone?" was copied from a high school teacher he had observed earlier.
BUEHLER...! BUEHLER...!