Her lessons after school

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"I think you know why I wanted to see you after class, Stewart," Susan said to the boy standing in front of her desk.

"No, I don't."

"Well, you should," Susan said. "You're not stupid at all. And that's why it bothers me so much that you're doing so poorly. You can do so much better. All this term, though, you've done no work at all."

"Ah, Miss Lancaster, I ain't interested in math. I don't need to know that shit!"

"I'll thank you to keep your rude language out of my classroom, Stewart," Susan said sharply to her young student. "And if you think that what you study here in school has no value, you're greatly mistaken. There's a whole world you haven't seen yet, and if you want to function in that world, there are certain things you have to learn, whether you want to learn them or not. That's the whole point of school."

"But I got better things to do," Stewart said.

"Oh? Well, I think it's high time you rearranged your priorities."

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