Anything For Her

“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 music here? I’ve never seen anyone

only one hour left, but

bring himself to stay

came to this school, Carrie had

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

shot Derrick a glare before returning

got, the more difficult the questions became.

was to perform well. Alas, her plan had gone

this was a physics competition paper. The reassuring thought made her relax

to begin with, so it had nothing to do

teacher of Senior Class 1 and also

marked Carrie’s

choice questions. She

heaved a sigh of

made the calculations as he marked

end, Carrie scored seventy-eight

reminding the other physics teachers

after getting reprimanded

Sophie’s

the multiple choice questions and the

got all

full marks

couldn’t even score full marks if

she

she scored full marks!”

the

make a mistake?”

completed the questions an hour ago, so it seemed impossible for her to

the physics competition this year!” Aaron implored excitedly. He had always been an ambitious teacher but had never come across

talk about that

too. He only took Sophie in as a favor to

know that you didn’t cheat.”

“I’ll be off now.”

left, Andy returned to

you can’t be a physics teacher in our school with

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

“Mr. Langston, I…”

would shoot herself in the feet

then you’ll keep managing the dorms. I can’t allow an unqualified teacher to teach the students.