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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.

of them! How dare she listen to

hour left, but you have yet to

himself to stay quiet

Carrie had been making life

talked to Carrie a few times privately, but she still refused to change her

glare before returning to her

the more difficult the

questions. Her initial plan was to perform well.

was a physics competition paper. The reassuring thought

so it had nothing to do with

Senior Class 1 and also

marked Carrie’s

multiple choice

a sigh of relief at the

calculations as he

the end, Carrie scored seventy-eight

As the Head of Physics, he kept reminding the other physics teachers to solve physics questions during their free time. However, Carrie kept

grouchy after getting

Sophie’s paper

all the multiple choice questions

got all the subjective

marks on the

shock, for he couldn’t even score full marks if he

she

Langston, she scored full

our school hit the jackpot? Is she

did you make a mistake?” Carrie refused to

so it seemed impossible for her to score

tutor Sophie. I’ll register her name for the physics competition this year!” Aaron implored excitedly. He had always been an ambitious teacher but had never come across any smart students in his teaching career

We’ll talk about

a favor to the Northley family, so he had no

that

“I’ll be off now.”

Sophie left, Andy returned

you can’t be a physics teacher in our

only scored seventy-eight marks, so it was pretty obvious she

“Mr. Langston, I…”

had no idea she would shoot herself in the feet

is still the same, then you’ll keep managing the