“Well, well,” he thought. “This girl has some real brains. Who was it that called her useless? I’ll tear their tongue out!”
Just as Keith was getting into the rhythm of grading, he realized the answers stopped abruptly. What? Where’s the rest?
“Sir, I did the math. You asked for sixty points, but I did ninety,” Juniper explained as she calmly packed her bag, her tone respectful and polite.
Since she had given him an extra thirty points, surely he would sign her leave slip now.
The old man froze, pen in hand.
So, she could actually control her score?
“Sir, could you please sign this for me?” Juniper asked, placing a pre-written leave slip respectfully on his desk.
“Ah? Oh.” Still in a daze, the old man dazedly picked up his pen and dazedly signed his name.
“Thank you, sir.”
“You’re welcome.”
It wasn’t until Juniper had left that the old man snapped back to reality. He shot up from his chair, slammed his hand on the desk, and burst out laughing.
“There’s hope! There’s hope for Aurora High School! In all my years of teaching, I’ve never met a student like this! Ahahaha!”
Teachers from other subjects, passing by his office, heard his manic shouts and were thoroughly alarmed.
A new rumor began to spread: Juniper had driven the physics teacher completely insane again. And this time, it was even worse than before.
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