Ms. Carpenter shuts the door to signal the start of the class period, and the murmuring in the room trails off. Ms. Carpenter leans against the door with a funny smile on her face. “I guess we didn’t enjoy the assembly, huh?” she says. Hannah’s classmates launch into loud complaints. Ms. Carpenter’s eyebrows arch comically as she listens to them all.
There was always that one teacher, bless her heart.
