Student Pairing

Shawn slowly opened his eyes, welcomed with the view of his room. But there seemed to be something wrong from the moment his eyes opened.

He then realized the alarm of his room wasn't responding. After a moment of thinking, he noticed the area of his bed especially where his head rested on which was the pillow was wet.

At that point on, he noticed the figure standing in the corner staring at him with narrowed eyes and crossed eyebrows.

"Good morning mum" He said before gulping afterwards.

"Oh Good morning son. I was just wondering when you will wake up from dreamland to get your siblings ready for school as well as yourself" Emily said before her eyes resumed their stare.

Unable to take the might of it, Shawn instantly understood that he had messed up and was obviously not ready to hear the next line.

"Owwwww!" He shouted, reaching one of his hands towards his ankle.

Emily's face showed panic and she was just about to say something but then one of her eyebrows raised.

Taking the now given opportunity, Shawn leaped off his bed and ran to the bathroom leaving Emily alone who clicked her tongue.

“You had me. Who taught you how to fake?” She chuckled.

Meanwhile in the bathroom, Shawn immediately placed his hands on the sink and started using the water flowing from the tap to wash his face.

"**** what was I doing sleeping for that long?!" he looked at the mirror with dread written all over.

He had missed his alarm for too long and his mom had to sprinkle water on his face to wake him up, “Is this a result of playing Creator Sim? If that is the case then I have to ask the system concerning what is happening. He muttered.

But for now, he had to rush his morning activities to be ready for school. And the last minute, he ran out of his room, carried with him his bag which he had arranged since the previous day before running into the dining room downstairs, before sitting down on the table and quickly ate his lunch.

"You better don't stuff yourselves like a pig or else your father's gonna send you to the gym." Emily cautioned from the side of the table she had positioned herself, "It's alright. At least I'll grow stronger and...."

"Mummy! Come and feed me!" Stacy cried.

Emily and Nick who sat on the table both burst into laughter as soon as they heard Stacy's voice.

"Sweetie. Don't you want your big brother to feed you?!" Emily asked with a smile.

"Its mummy that Stacy wants!"

Fifteen minutes later, Shawn was carrying the little one right into the car outside of the house.

Nick, who was all dressed up for work, sat down in the driver's seat and waited for the siblings.

The moment they were settled, he turned the keys and started the engine, driving from the house onto the main road until he reached Shawn and Stacy's schools.

Truth was, Shawn had woken up thirty minutes after the timer had rang and so they arrived when they were a little close to the time for the bell to be rung.

After getting out and bringing Stacy out seat to the ground. "Bye bye daddy!" Stacy turned to wave at Nick.

"Bye sweetie, see you soon" Nick replied with a smile and waved back before driving off.

“Now we can go,” Shawn said before he and Stacy headed towards Stacy's school which was on the opposite side of his when he heard a familiar voice.

"Hey Shawn wait up!" Shawn turned his back and saw three figures approaching. Harry, Stephanie and Charles who were just coming to school.

"I am surprised to see that you are just coming here to school today when you come way earlier than the rest of us." Harry said.

"Oh well, it's a long story," Shawn replied before the four of them walked over to Stacy's class and dropped her off. "Bye sis" Shawn waved as he and his friends walked away.

Stacy just waved back and turned to walk into her class.

"What a snub" he scoffed.

The Quad together entered into the classroom where they all dropped their bags onto their chairs and took notes before going into the hall as the bell had been rung the moment they dropped their begs

They soon entered the hall to start assembly with the other students. By the time the assembly was over, all the students sat back in their chairs of their class for the beginning of the first lecture and that was mathematics.

The door opened as Mr Roberts walked in with a number of books that showed equations and drawings of mathematical instruments.

He then walked over to the teachers seat and dropped the books on the table in front, "Good day students. Hope you all enjoyed the night?!" He said.

"Good day sir. Our night was a pleasant one."

“So today, we are going to pick off right from where we stopped" Robert immediately got to teaching, before using a marker with a board.

When it was 10 minutes to the end of the class, Robert turned from the board and looked at the figures who were seated.

"Those who failed to submit their homework or got below half of the mark should stand up." He said.

From the classroom, the students who had not submitted their homework rose along with those who got below the half mark which was 5 out of 10. Roberts stared at the students for a while "I have a challenge for you all"

"Class rep!” he called.

From the seats of those who had completed their homework, a tall figure whose name was Tony Brandon stood up.

"Record the names of those who are standing," he instructed.

"The challenge I have for you all is that those of you that are standing here should pair up with those who are sitting down and learn the topics that I have taught you in class.

So as not to make you fail, there will be a test for you and another one which will be general. Pick someone to pair up with so that it can be noted down by the class rep.

For those that you have chosen to pair with, you will have to receive lessons from them concerning the lessons and topics that you do not understand in class."

He then pointed to one of the students who was standing, “Who do you pick as your partner to pair up with for reading?"

The student looked around before facing him and saying the name of a student that was seated. The course rep Tony instantly wrote the names down with his pen as the standing students called out the names of students who were sitting one by one. These students were going to teach their fellow ones to be better in math.

By the time that Mr Roberts pointed to Richard, the latter replied "Shawn Roland"

Shawn who was flipping the pages of his notes felt nauseous instantly.

"Anybody but this guy. I do not want to be infected with his level of unseriousness," he thought.

“And to think that he got below 5, did he actually do it himself or copy from someone who didn't do well?”

Roberts hesitated for a moment and looked at Richard before asking "Are you sure Richard?"

"Yes Sir. I am sure." Richard replied.

“Tony recorded it then.”

After the round of calling names and students, Mr Roberts proceeded to talk on the consequences of this new engagement.

"Should you fail the test that I plan to give to you, just note that the names of those you have called out will also have penalties in their test scores " Robert announced.

Shawn felt like he had just been sent into a volcano that was going to erupt soon "Sir!" He called while raising a hand.

"Yes Shawn what is it?"

"Is it possible for the student that teaches to change the student that has chosen him/her" Shawn asked.

"It is possible, only if the student has seen that you are not committed or worthy of teaching him/her or if you have noticed signs of unwillingness to learn. If after consistent complaints and the test comes then there will be no reason to deduct your marks" Robert answered Shawn's question.

"So for now, you will still have to wait before you walk into my office to change the student that assigned themselves to you," Roberts then began to pack the textbooks on the teachers table and left.

The Students placed their handwriting materials back into their bags and brought out a new one. It was time for the History Class.

Shawn could only feel a bit of annoyance that refused to be swallowed down his throat. He just wanted to avoid having anything to do with the bully of the class that many people were trying to pick on and sucking up to as well.

The History Teacher Mrs Pearl walked in and greeted the students, receiving greetings back.

"Today we shall be discussing the civilizations of the Nile." She said as the students pressed the button on their tables as their chairs began rotation to the screen at the back of the class.

Mrs Pearl connected the projector to her computer and played the videos she had stored onto the screen from the projector.

The students listened intently to the videos and wrote down what they could process and record. By the time the class was almost over, they had watched three videos detailing the civilizations of the Nile.

"Now as homework. I want you all to do further research on this topic and prepare

a write-up on what you have managed to grab from these videos and your research" She said.