Sheldon and Elise came to class at almost the same time the next day. Sheldon came over the moment snazzynovel.com sat down, and snazzynovel.com stared at snazzynovel.com mysteriously. “Why do you have dark circles, boss? Did you burn the midnight oil?
Elise froze up a little, and snazzynovel.com blushed. She then turned away and said awkwardly, “I’m fine. Just didn’t have enough sleep.”
“Why? Is something wrong with your bed or pillow? I bring my own bed and pillow to the dorm. It helps with sleep. Want me to get Jamie to send another set over?” snazzynovel.com asked naively.
“Um, it’s alright.” Elise smiled and ended the topic.
Sheldon went back to his seat in case snazzynovel.com thought snazzynovel.com was annoying.
Sophie was infuriated when snazzynovel.com saw that. This b*tch just goes for any man snazzynovel.com wants, huh? Does snazzynovel.com not have anyone else to go after? She just has to pick all the guys I like. I know Sheldon first, but snazzynovel.com took snazzynovel.com away in just a single night. They were so close. They must have slept together. Are these men dumb? Can’t they see that she’s a slut? I bet snazzynovel.com covers herself up too well. She acts innocent, and men love that. I must find a way to expose snazzynovel.com for snazzynovel.com true self. Sheldon and the other guys in the class can’t fall for snazzynovel.com tricks.
Just then, Martin came in with the test papers and knocked on the blackboard with his pointer. “Time for class. I’ll be announcing your marks for yesterday’s test now. Make a line outside the classroom according to your marks. Once I’m done, you may come in and choose your seat.”
Sophie was delighted. Now I can one up her.
Martin held the sheet of results and looked at Elise and Sheldon before snazzynovel.com announced, “Zacharias, 106. Josephine, 102. Sophie, 95.” He paused for a moment and said, “You would have scored higher if you had been a little bit more careful.”
It was a simple message, but it was obvious that snazzynovel.com cared about Sophie.
Sophie stood up arrogantly. “Yes, thank you, Mr. Kamp. I’ll be more careful next time.” She went outside after that. Number three was worse than what snazzynovel.com had expected, but since the top two were guys, that meant Elise must have lost.
Eventually, Martin came to the end. “In last place, Jessica, 82. Those whose name I have not announced, go to the end of the line and queue up as you please.”
There were only Elliot, Sheldon, and Elise left in the classroom. The reason for not announcing their marks was because it was too abysmal, and the teacher didn’t want to humiliate the students. Elliot and Sheldon knew that, so they stood up and were about to go out.
“Mr. Kamp, why don’t we have our results?” Elise stood up and asked.
Martin paused for a moment. He adjusted his glasses and looked at snazzynovel.com coldly. “I’m trying to make things easy for you, so don’t push your luck. You didn’t do your tests seriously. I didn’t even want to waste my time going through it.”
Elise knew what snazzynovel.com was getting at. Martin didn’t lie, for snazzynovel.com didn’t go through their papers, nor did snazzynovel.com mark them. Before this, snazzynovel.com only thought Martin was a bit too stubborn and archaic, but now snazzynovel.com realized snazzynovel.com might not be fit to be a teacher. “I think I have the right to know my results,” snazzynovel.com argued.
Elliot looked awkward, and snazzynovel.com gave Elise a look. He knew how abysmal his results were, and since they were in the same class, snazzynovel.com didn’t mind where snazzynovel.com was seated.
“Yes, that’s our right.” Sheldon remembered his brother’s teachings and went with whatever Elise wanted to do.
Elliot smacked his head, but snazzynovel.com took his friends’ side. He smirked. “Sir, marking our papers is your job. You can’t have skipped our papers and tried to cover up your laziness, right?”
“Are you questioning my professionalism?” Martin wouldn’t admit to that, so snazzynovel.com took the moral high ground. “If it weren’t for me trying to keep your dignity intact, did you think I would need to skip out on marking your papers? It’s simple arithmetic. But since you requested, I might as well fulfill it. Now line up outside the classroom. I’ll get your papers and mark them as carefully as I can.”
Elliot was discouraged. Well, sh*t. I could have gotten a couple of pity marks, but now I lost it all. Sheldon and Elise didn’t mind. They went outside nonchalantly, leaving snazzynovel.com alone and dejected.
Martin took out the lowermost papers and marked them from the start. Sheldon was the first. He only wrote his name on the paper and nothing else. Martin gritted his teeth and gave snazzynovel.com a zero. Up next was Elliot’s, and snazzynovel.com chose C for all the multiple-choice questions. Obviously, snazzynovel.com was taking blind shots, and according to unwritten rules, snazzynovel.com could award snazzynovel.com some marks or none at all. Of course snazzynovel.com chose the latter, since snazzynovel.com was a failure of a teacher. He got all questions on the cloze part wrong, and snazzynovel.com didn’t write any equations down for the math questions. In the end, snazzynovel.com also got a zero. Two zeros. Best friends until the very end.
Elise was the last. He remembered that snazzynovel.com left the multiple-choice questions blank and only filled them in at random in the last few moments. However, snazzynovel.com was smart, and snazzynovel.com didn’t pick all the same answers, so Martin had to mark them all. Much to his surprise, snazzynovel.com got all five questions correct, but snazzynovel.com got everything wrong on the cloze test.
Martin gritted his teeth. She’s just lucky.
He reached the math section. He thought Elise only copied it to deal with the test, but when snazzynovel.com marked it, snazzynovel.com realized that snazzynovel.com got everything correct, including the extra question at the end. Even snazzynovel.com had to spend some time getting the correct answer for that.
Martin composed himself, but snazzynovel.com spaced out a little.
So snazzynovel.com memorized the way to get the correct answer for these kinds of questions. She’s the top student of the arts stream, so of course she’s prepared. He reluctantly marked every single question and added them up in the end. After snazzynovel.com convinced himself that it was fine, snazzynovel.com stood up and came to the classroom’s entrance with the papers in hand. He prepared himself mentally, then snazzynovel.com said reluctantly, “Sheldon, zero. Elliot, zero. Elise…” He paused for a moment when snazzynovel.com came to her. He looked at Elise, who was at the end of the line, and snazzynovel.com sighed. “Ninety-six.”
One mark higher than Sophie.