Post by THOMAS LULA ROTH on Mar 22, 2013 6:43:11 GMT -5
Tom leaned back in his chair as he looked through the exams he'd given his students a few days before, a frown tugging at his lips. Midday and he had no more classes for the day, but he'd decided the best place to finish up grading would be in his classroom, no matter how excited he was nowadays to get home. One could point out that he was like a schoolboy head-over-heels, and he would readily agree because he was not ashamed of it. For both Thaddea and Tom knew that it wasn't just simple infatuation that brought them to this point. It wasn't just the fact that two people of the opposite sex could not hope to coexist platonically.
Wrinkling his nose, he crossed out another wrong equation. He knew he shouldn't have been biased against his students because he knew the answers. But in his mind, it wasn't that hard. This was why he had gotten a reputation as a hardass. Though students liked to believe that their gossip never got back to any faculty, he could prove them wrong with quoting all the rumors that circulated about him. They were true, so he didn't mind. He did care too much, he did like being tough on his students, and he would marry his subject if he wasn't in love with a much better person. The only thing that was not true at all were students who assumed he had something against them. He didn't make personal enemies. If you didn't get the subject matter, you did not get it. That's what he based his opinion of a student on; he was tough with every person who enrolled into his class.
Though he was absorbed in his work, he did not miss the sound of his door opening even though he was facing away. "Yo," he said to whoever entered his classroom. He did not turn to face them as he checked off another thing on his paper. "Whaddya want?" It may have seemed rude, but apparently students liked the fact that he didn't treat them properly a lot like other professors. He didn't really care much about impressing them, however.
i forgot who this is for and too tired to check. ><;;
