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“Mr. Langston, I can no longer teach her,” Carrie insisted.

Right then, Derrick showed up at the office, panting heavily. He had run all the way to the principal’s office after learning about the matter.

“Mr. Langston, this must be a misunderstanding!” He huffed and panted.

“Mr. Hayes, I’m glad you’re here. I can no longer teach your class. Never mind if they ranked last in their batch; now someone even cheated in the test! Find someone else to take over my position!” Carrie announced.

“Mrs. Fletcher, we don’t know what happened yet. How could you accuse my student of cheating?” Derrick argued.

“I don’t think even I can score full marks for the test this time. How could she score full marks? Are you kidding me?” Carrie retorted.

Derrick responded, “You’re not capable enough, that’s why. I can’t believe you have the face to say that out loud.”

“Hey!” Carrie fumed.

“Why don’t we do this? I have a set of physics competition questions with me. Sophie, please solve them.” Andy pulled out a set of physics quiz questions that were sealed. “Mrs. Fletcher, you should solve them, too.”

“Mr. Langston, you want me to solve it together with her?” Carrie might not be as capable as Aaron from Senior Class 1, but she found it humiliating to be asked to solve the questions with her student.

“Just do it. You think you’re capable of teaching the honors classes, right? It’s time for you to show me your ability. If you’re capable enough, I’ll allow you to teach the honors classes,” Andy told her.

Andy unsealed the file and gave them both the papers.

“Sophie, if you can score fifty marks this time, I’ll admit that you didn’t cheat. I’ll also apologize to you,” Carrie said after taking a look at the papers.

The questions were difficult, so she was pretty sure Sophie couldn’t solve them.

“Mrs. Fletcher, stop talking. Go solve the questions there.”

Sophie took the papers and returned to her spot on the couch. She grabbed a pencil and started scribbling the answers down without even using a draft paper.

Carrie, on the other hand, started using the draft paper for the first multiple choice question.

I need to perform well this time. They think I can’t teach the honors classes, right? This is the time to prove myself.

After completing the multiple choice questions, Sophie moved on to the subjective questions. She was good at mental arithmetic, so she could write out the steps on paper and calculate the answer mentally without needing any draft papers.

They were given two hours to complete the physics quiz, but Sophie completed everything in one hour.

She placed her pencil on the table and put on her earphones casually.

to answer any of them! How dare

left, but you have yet to complete many questions,”

couldn’t bring himself to

Carrie had

a few times privately, but

shot Derrick a glare before returning to her

she got, the more difficult the questions

plan was to perform well. Alas, her plan had gone

a physics competition paper. The reassuring thought made her

questions were too difficult to begin with, so it

teacher of Senior Class 1 and also the Head of

marked Carrie’s

choice questions. She got them

sigh of relief

calculations as he marked the subjective

end, Carrie scored

in physics,” Aaron commented. As the Head of Physics, he kept reminding the other physics teachers to solve physics questions during their free time. However, Carrie kept brushing him

turned grouchy after getting reprimanded

Sophie’s paper

the multiple choice questions and

all

full marks on

shock, for he couldn’t even score full marks if he were to do the

did she do?”

scored full marks!”

the

Mr. Elswick, did you make a mistake?”

so it seemed impossible for her to

this year!” Aaron implored excitedly. He had always been an ambitious teacher but had never

We’ll talk about that

surprised, too. He only took Sophie in as a favor to the Northley family, so he had no idea he would hit

you can leave now. We know that you didn’t cheat.”

“I’ll be off now.”

Sophie left, Andy returned to his

Fletcher, I’m afraid you can’t be a physics teacher in our school with your ability,”

seventy-eight marks, so it was pretty obvious she wasn’t

“Mr. Langston, I…”

would shoot

the dorms from today onward. For now, work hard on your physics. You’ll take the final examination with the students. If your level is still the same, then you’ll keep managing the dorms. I can’t allow