Chapter 476: Hard Core + Nice Words = Better Performance right?

He didn’t look strict. In fact, as he read the first page, the corners of his mouth curved in a faint, approving smile.

He read her careful explanation of parasitology, clear and concise, and her example about malaria. He ticked it immediately.

When she had described Mendelian inheritance, she had used eye color as her example, writing that dominant and recessive traits determined what a child would inherit. Another tick.

Carl turned the page. Her neat handwriting defined ionic and covalent bonds without any trouble. He felt a small glow of pride. She really had paid attention to her science foundation.

But when he reached the question about the Hardy Weinberg equilibrium, the space was blank. His pen hesitated, then drew a tiny circle in the margin. As expected, some of these were well beyond first year basics.

Further down, she had written that PCR was "the process that makes many copies of DNA," and although it was correct, he marked the edge of the sentence to remind himself she needed more detail in the future.

Other answers were perfect: the formula for glucose, the definition of osmosis, and an example of a point mutation and a deletion mutation.

A few she had simply skipped, facultative parasites, a detailed description of the central dogma, and how to set up a Punnett square.

As he read, he kept glancing up at her. She tried to look calm, but her lips were pressed tight, her eyes fixed on the edge of the desk.

Finally, he set the pen down. "Nnenna."

gaze snapped to

were blank, and some need more detail, but overall..." His smile

shoulders sagged, relief rushing

to score it," he continued, "I would say...seventy

bright with a shy sort

hand on top. He kept his tone light, so she wouldn’t feel pressured. "Don’t look so worried. You don’t have to be perfect all at

laugh broke free from Nnenna lips, and some of the tension left the

the closed book. He studied her for a moment, taking in the cautious hope

certain. "I mean that. Not

and glowing at the same

a smile tugging at the corners of his mouth. "And you’re determined. That’s

She had wanted to hear something like this all

bad thing. She just felt that hard core with necessary acknowledgements when

whispered. "I...I really

book on the desk between them and flipped it open again. His fingertips rested lightly on the marked pages. "I was going to ask, would you prefer to read the corrections yourself in the textbook?

you teach me courses under my main major,

Carl didn’t move. Then he exhaled, a warmth blooming across his

back of his neck, trying to school his face back to something neutral. "All

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