Both boys have settled down into doing their homework with no fuss, and #3 is actually whistling and singing to himself while he does his math.
#2 is busy working on a letter to the past, in which they have to write to a citizen of ancient Egypt and convince that person that they would want to live in today's world. Most of his class chose to write to a slave pointing out that if they lived today they would not be a slave. For extra credit, #2 was told he could translate his letter into hieroglyphics so the slave would be able to read it.