I've just been and checked on my Wii again, and Ben's talking fine when interacting with the dumpster at the start of the game ("I've touched it enough", "I've woken up in worse", "I'm not putting my lips on that", "Take that"), as well as with his bike.
I feel like school, back when I was actually in school, was more entertaining though, because of how much I get to interact with people, hang out with friends, and other stuff like that. All I get to talk to at work is my boring coworkers lol