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.

pencil on the table

didn’t know how to answer any of them! How dare she listen to music here? I’ve never seen

hour left, but you have yet to complete many questions,” Derrick

himself to stay

this school, Carrie had been making life difficult

a few times privately, but she still refused

a glare

the more difficult the

subjective questions. Her initial plan was to perform well.

physics competition paper. The reassuring thought made

begin with, so it had nothing to do with her

of Senior Class 1 and also the Head

marked Carrie’s paper

quickly finished marking the multiple choice questions. She got them all

heaved a sigh of relief at the

made the calculations as he marked the subjective

Carrie scored seventy-eight

kept reminding the other

turned grouchy after getting reprimanded

handed Sophie’s paper to

got all the multiple choice questions and the fill-in-the-blank

got all

she scored full marks on the quiz

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

she do?”

Langston, she scored full marks!”

the jackpot?

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

the questions an hour ago, so it seemed impossible for her

me to tutor Sophie. I’ll register her name for the physics competition this year!” Aaron implored excitedly. He had always been an ambitious teacher but had never come across

We’ll talk about that

was surprised, too. He only took Sophie in as a favor to the Northley family, so he had no

now. We know that you didn’t

“I’ll be off now.”

Andy

a physics teacher