Nicely detailed and convincingly described. I can almost imagine that you wrote this during an invigilation – as perhaps you did.

College.
My English professor became one of my best friends and she related perspectives like this to me.

Sure did JonB. I should have been grading papers, but I couldn’t resist the urge to describe the invigilation experience (fantastic new word in my repertoire, thanks for that).

You captured the stress of a test, both from the student’s POV and the teacher’s, which was a nice twist as I originally read this as if it were a test-taker, not a test administrator telling the story. I felt all the old anxieties, as well as annoyance with the student who didn’t study and spoke out. Nicely done!

Very aptly told moment. You took me right back to my days in high school!