Pursuing Her

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 even cheated 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?” Derrick argued.

“I don’t think even I can score full marks for the test this time. How could she score full marks? Are you kidding me?” Carrie retorted.

Derrick responded, “You’re not capable enough, that’s why. I can’t believe you have the face to say that out loud.”

“Hey!” Carrie fumed.

“Why don’t we do this? I have a set of physics competition questions with me. Sophie, please solve them.” Andy pulled out 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 from Senior Class 1, but she found it humiliating to be asked to solve the questions with her student.

“Just do it. You think you’re capable of teaching the honors classes, right? It’s time for you to show me your ability. If you’re capable enough, I’ll allow you to teach the honors classes,” Andy told her.

Andy unsealed the file and gave them both the papers.

“Sophie, if you can score fifty marks this time, I’ll admit that you didn’t cheat. I’ll also apologize to you,” Carrie said after taking a look at the papers.

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 her spot on the couch. She grabbed a pencil and started scribbling the answers down without even using a draft paper.

Carrie, on the other hand, started using the draft paper for the first multiple choice 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 to the subjective questions. She was good at mental arithmetic, so she could write out the steps on paper and calculate the answer mentally without needing any draft papers.

They were given two hours to complete the physics quiz, but Sophie completed everything in one hour.

her pencil on the table and

know how to answer any of them!

left, but you have yet to complete

bring himself to stay quiet

to this school, Carrie had

talked to Carrie a few times privately, but she still refused to change her

Derrick a glare before returning to her

the more difficult the questions became. Carrie’s

solve two subjective questions. Her initial plan was to perform well. Alas, her plan

physics competition paper. The reassuring thought made her relax

were too difficult to begin with, so it

physics teacher of Senior Class 1 and also the Head of Physics, Aaron, to mark their

Carrie’s

choice questions.

sigh of

made the calculations as

Carrie scored seventy-eight

commented. As the Head of Physics, he kept reminding the other physics teachers to

after getting reprimanded

Sophie’s paper

choice questions and the fill-in-the-blank

all the

scored full marks on

could barely hide his shock, for he couldn’t even score full marks if he were to do the quiz

did she

Langston, she scored full marks!” Aaron reported

hit the

Mr. Elswick, did you make a mistake?” Carrie refused to

it seemed impossible

Sophie. I’ll register her name for the physics competition this year!” Aaron implored excitedly. He had always been an ambitious teacher

talk about that

only took Sophie in as a favor to the Northley family, so he had no

you can leave now. We know that you didn’t cheat.”

“I’ll be off now.”

Sophie left, Andy returned to his

I’m afraid you can’t be a physics teacher