The thing about teachers at home, Rooney aside since the man clearly had issues, was that they always tried to toe the line between diplomacy and putting you in your place. It was distasteful and rarely ended well. This was a breath of fresh air. He liked the bluntness since, at least to him, it didn't seem like Professor Skywalker was trying to make himself feel more superior to Ferris by doing it. Ferris smiled and it was probably easy to pick up that he wasn't laughing at Anakin so much as being pleased that there was someone here who told it as it was. "My parents, bless their hearts, love me dearly. I think perhaps, jokes aside, it was the scholarship."