Clarence looked me over again, with a much gentler expression than when I had first arrived. "Forgive me sir, I may have misjudged you. Does the miss speak truly? You got her on course level, in half a semester?"

"Well, Courtney is far more intelligent than she gives herself credit for." I informed him, "Yes, there are a few sections from her previous classes we haven't gotten her up to speed on, but for the most part she is on par with the rest of her classmates now, if not above. It helped that I was able to get us both jobs as graders for one of the professors and...