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

clearly. Only a few were blank, and some need more detail, but overall..." His

shoulders sagged, relief rushing through

continued, "I would

eyes went wide, then bright with a shy sort of

she wouldn’t feel pressured. "Don’t look so worried. You don’t have to be perfect all at once. We’ll start from

broke free from Nnenna lips, and some

his chair, still holding the closed book. He studied

did incredibly well," he added at last, his voice quiet but certain. "I mean that. Not many people could have tackled

and glowing at the same time. She twisted her

his mouth. "And you’re determined. That’s

best way. She had wanted to hear something like this all morning, something reassuring,

completely. Hard core style wasn’t a bad thing. She

whispered. "I...I really

between them and flipped it open again. His fingertips rested lightly on the marked pages. "I was going to ask, would you prefer to

"No. I would rather you explain. When you teach me courses

he exhaled, a

him, and he rubbed the back of his neck, trying to school his face back to something neutral. "All

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