Chapter 1023: Chapter 1023: Defense Speech_1 Chapter 1023: Chapter 1023: Defense Speech_1 Purple Sumrs was stunned and looked up at Norton Young instinctively.
Norton Young’s face was already deathly pale.
He was clenching the docunt in his hands tightly, his eyes fixed on the word “Fail,” his lips quivering.
If his howork was wrong, or not well done, Victoria Morrison could have simply given him a low mark, so that he could score higher in the next assignnt to maintain his average grade.
But Victoria Morrison had directly given him a Fail!
It ant that his assignnt had no grade at all!
It was as if, in calculating the total score for the College Entrance Examination, Norton Young had directly one subject’s score less than everyone else.
Purple Sumrs felt that Mrs. Morrison had gone too far with this.
However, it indeed matched her consistent harsh style: once caught in a mistake by Mrs. Morrison, one could forget about having an easy ti.
“Let’s go ask the teacher after class,” Purple Sumrs whispered to Norton Young, “Get to the bottom of this; maybe she can give you so points to make up for it.”
As much as she said this, Purple Sumrs felt that the chances of Victoria Morrison giving extra points were slim; but given that it concerned the final grade, they had to try anyway.
Norton Young stared at his assignnt, blankly nodding his head.
When the class was over and the students began to leave the classroom, Mrs. Morrison also began to pack up her things to leave.
Norton Young picked up his assignnt, gathered his courage, and asked humbly and cautiously, “Mrs. Morrison… is there sothing wrong with my assignnt?”
Victoria Morrison glanced at him, her peripheral vision catching Purple Sumrs standing behind Norton Young, before focusing on Norton Young.
“Don’t you have any idea about your own assignnt?” Mrs. Morrison said sharply, with a cold expression, “I asked you to draft a criminal defense based on the case I provided. What is all this you’ve written?!”
Norton Young’s face turned even whiter.
Mrs. Morrison was rciless, “You are the only one in the class who failed, Norton. You should go back and reflect on this! The first sester has just started; at this rate, how do you plan to graduate?!”
With that, she glanced at Purple Sumrs standing behind him and said coldly, “Don’t think that by currying favor with certain people you can rest easy; without connections or money, you should be even more focused on your studies! All your thoughts on climbing the social ladder—later, you will only regret it too late to change!”
Mrs. Morrison’s voice was not low; the remaining students in the classroom couldn’t help but turn to look, curiously observing.
Norton Young’s face went from white to red, standing still as she lectured him, the embarrassnt was extre.
Purple Sumrs also felt awkward.
She and Norton Young were clearly just classmates, yet in Mrs. Morrison’s mouth, it was turned into social climbing, flattering, and toadying up!
Mrs. Morrison turned and walked away.
“I’m sorry…” Norton Young said, his face flushed, apologizing to Purple Sumrs, “I’ve dragged you into this… ”
“It’s not your fault,” Purple Sumrs replied.
She suspected that Mrs. Morrison was deliberately taking her anger out on him, as if her dislike for her spread to Norton because he was associated with her.
For this assignnt, the grade Mrs. Morrison gave Purple Sumrs was quite fair, and Purple Sumrs had begun to see her in a slightly better light, but now she was seething with anger once more.
“Let see your assignnt,” Purple Sumrs said to Norton Young.
Norton Young was startled but then handed it to her.
The assignnt was simple: the teacher provided a case, and the students had to draft a criminal defense based on the testimonies and evidence in that case.
Drafting written materials was a basic skill for every legal worker, not only to write defenses but also to deal with civil and criminal complaints, verdicts, etc., in the future.
Purple Sumrs quickly read through the howork, her brow furrowing.
She finally understood why Mrs. Morrison had given Norton Young a failing grade.
The defense, sprawling generously across the pages, was all “words,” but lacking in “defense.”
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