Nah, there wouldn't have been any room. All those eggheads would be busy trying to explain why Sweden has such a great economic model that it is sure to outpace the US in the near future in per capita GDP, and that importing the worlds criminals and creating slums for them is a good idea, too.
Then they would have to leave right when class ends to go sip cappucino with you.
That's thinking small. You should assert that you loaned him the pencil. Or, better yet, that you bought him the french fries that gave him greasy fingers that caused him to reach for the napkin, which inspired him to grasp his moment in history.