Mrs. Boote stood fixed in front of the podium and said impatiently, "Good morning."

"Good ~ morning ~ teacher~" a scatter of feeble greetings.

Mrs. Boote became even angrier, "Look at you, are you behaving like students? If you really don't want to study, I suggest you drop out of school and go to work!"

"Mrs. Boote." Laura, who was always quiet in class, suddenly raised her head and said lazily, "That's not very nice of you to say. If any of the students take it seriously, you'll be misleading them."

Mrs. Boote glared at her, "Did I ask you to speak? Don't you know that students are not allowed...