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Pursuing Her Chapter 41
Chapter 41 Proving Her Wrong
“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 evencheated 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?” Derrickargued.” don't think even I can score full marks for the test this time. How could she score fullmarks? Are you kidding me?” Carrie retorted.Derrick responded, “You're not capable enough, that'swhy. I can't believe you have the face to say that out loud.”"Hey!" Carrie fumed.”"Why don’t we dothis? I have a set of physics competition questions with me. Sophie, please solve them.” Andy pulledout 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 fromSenior Class 1, but she found it humiliating to be asked to solve the questions with her student.”Justdo it. You think you're capable of teaching the honors classes, right? It's time for you to show meyour ability. If you're capable enough, I'll allow you to teach the honors classes,” Andy told her. Andyunsealed the file and gave them both the papers.“Sophie, if you can score fifty marks this time, I'ladmit that you didn’t cheat. I'll also apologize to you,” Carrie said after taking a look at thepapers.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 herspot on the couch. She grabbed a pencil and started scribbling the answers down without evenusing a draft paper.Carrie, on the other hand, started using the draft paper for the first multiplechoice 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 tothe subjective questions. She was good at mental arithmetic, so she could write out the steps onpaper and calculate the answer mentally without needing any draft papers.They were given twohours to complete the physics quiz, but Sophie completed everything in one hour.She placed herpencil on the table and put on her earphones casually.”Mr. Langston, see that? She gave up as shedidn’t know how to answer any of them! How dare she listen to music here? I've never seen anyoneas arrogant as her!” Carrie complained.”Mrs. Fletcher, you should hurry. There is only one hour left,but you have yet to complete many questions,” Derrick chimed in.He couldn't bring himself to stayquiet anymore.Since Sophie came to this school, Carrie had been making life difficult for her.Derrickhad talked to Carrie a few times privately, but she still refused to change her attitude.Carrie shotDerrick a glare before returning to her questions.The further she got, the more difficult thequestions became. Carrie's expression turned dark.She couldn't solve two subjective questions. Herinitial plan was to perform well. Alas, her plan had gone down the drain.However, this was a physicscompetition paper. The reassuring thought made her relax immediately. The questions were toodifficult to begin with, so it had nothing to do with her ability.Andy invited the physics teacher ofSenior Class 1 and also the Head of Physics, Aaron, to mark their papers.Aaron marked Carrie'spaper first. He quickly finished marking the multiple choice questions. She got them all correct.Carrieheaved a sigh of relief at the results.Aaron made the calculations as he marked the subjectivequestions.In the end, Carrie scored seventy-eight marks.”Mrs. Fletcher, you're quite weak in physics,”Aaron commented. As the Head of Physics, he kept reminding the other physics teachers to solvephysics questions during their free time. However, Carrie kept brushing him off.Carrie turnedgrouchy after getting reprimanded in public.Derrick handed Sophie's paper to Aaron.Sophie got allthe multiple choice questions and the fill-in-the-blank questions correct.She also got all thesubjective questions correct.Thus, she scored full marks on the quiz paper.Aaron could barely hidehis shock, for he couldn't even score full marks if he were to do the quiz himself."How did she do?”Andy queried.”Mr. Langston, she scored full marks!” Aaron reported happily.Did our school hit thejackpot? Is she a genius?"What? Mr. Elswick, did you make a mistake?” Carrie refused to believe
it. Sophie completed the questions an hour ago, so it seemed impossible for her to score fullmarks.”Mr. Langston, please allow me to tutor Sophie. I'll register her name for the physicscompetition this year!” Aaron implored excitedly. He had always been an ambitious teacher but hadnever come across any smart students in his teaching career until now."Mm. We'll talk about thatlater.”Andy was surprised, too. He only took Sophie in as a favor to the Northley family, so he hadno idea he would hit the jackpot."Sophie, you can leave now. We know that you didn't cheat.”Andy's voice grew increasingly gentle.”I'll be off now.”After Sophie left, Andy returned to hisseat.”Mrs. Fletcher, I'm afraid you can't be a physics teacher in our school with your ability,” hesaid.Carrie only scored seventy-eight marks, so it was pretty obvious she wasn't capable of teachingthe students.”Mr. Langston, I..."Carrie had no idea she would shoot herself in the feet today."You'llbe in charge of managing the dorms from today onward. For now, work hard on your physics. You'lltake the final examination with the students. If your level is still the same, then you'll keep managingthe dorms. I can't allow an unqualified teacher to teach the students. Of course, if you aren'tsatisfied with my arrangement, you can resign now. I'll approve your resignation right away,” Andystated firmly.Carrie was seething inwardly. D*mn it! I wouldn't be in this state if it wasn't forSophie!”Mr. Langston, let me continue teaching Senior Class 8,” she answered weakly. Andy asked,“Mr. Hayes, as the homeroom teacher of Senior Class 8, do you think Mr. Elswick can teach themphysics?"“But Mr. Elswick is already teaching three classes! Won't it be too much for him to teachmy class too?"“No, it isn't too much! I can do it. I can teach your class,” Aaron interjected
swiftly. After Sophie returned to Senior Class 8, everyone turned to look at her quietly.”Soph, howdid it go?”As she said naught a word, Ysabelle began packing up her stuff. “Soph, let's go. There'sno point studying in such a school,” she huffed.Sophie grabbed her arm."Where are you going? Idon't have to leave.” Having said that, Sophie returned to her seat calmly.”Really? Didn't Carrie—""Ysabelle, I'm fine. I didn't cheat, so she can't expel me.”Derrick then entered with Aaron behindhim.“Everyone, quiet down. From today onward, Mrs. Fletcher will no longer be your physicsteacher. Mr. Elswick will be your new physics teacher,” Derrick announced.The students gaped indisbelief.”"What happened?”*I thought Mr. Elswick teaches the honors classes?"“The results for themonthly test are out. You can replace out your results on the bulletin board. Next Monday will be theday of the parent-teacher conference. It's very important, so one of your parents will have to showup."After learning that the results had been released, the students of Senior Class 8 rushed out ofthe classroom before Derrick could even finish his announcement.
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