Following instructions often times happen to other people in Alec's point of view.

"No. I'm crashing. Possibly. I'm just curious, really. I mean saying what a class is about is quite different than actually seeing what the class is about. It depends on the teacher and everything to make it worthwhile," he explained. "And you're going to give a much different class than say... I don't know... if Picard were to teach it. Or a Vulcan... or a Ferengi."