The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

Josephine started to panic a little. “A… A retest?”

Corinne nodded. “Yeah. We should do a retest since this one ended up in a draw. I’m sure everyone was hoping there will be a clear winner in today’s competition. Don’t you think so?”

Josephine’s gaze started to dart around. “Umm… I…”

At that moment, Josephine’s mother ran up to the stage. “Don’t be a sore loser, Corinne!”

Corinne smiled. “But I didn’t lose. We both got perfect scores.”

“Even so, everyone seems to think my daughter is the clear winner. You say you want to do a retest again? How? It takes time for the teacher to come up with the test paper, so it’s not like you and Josephine can take another test immediately.”

Corinne smiled. “I didn’t say we need the teacher to come up with another set of questions. We can just use the ones who did before.”

Josephine’s mother was caught off guard by her answer. She had no idea where Corinne was going with this. “Then what’s the point of doing the retest? The two of you will just get perfect scores again. Or do you want to compete to see who hands in the test paper the fastest?”

and camera people were confused by Corinne’s suggestion,

point of doing

time. Is she going to ask for another retest if this second test ends up in a draw too? When will it

Everyone will probably forgive her if she

to face the audience and shouted to get heard over the noise, “There’s no need to come up with new questions since we only need to

confused everyone

“That’s even more pointless!”

why can’t you just accept the fact that

since you can just get to the new answer using the same

pen and started twirling it. “Oh, but there is a point. A person who has a solid and real understanding of the theory behind the formula would be able to get to the new answer even when the numbers had changed. And I promise you all, I’ll admit defeat if we both get perfect scores

Everyone exchanged glances.

to fear