My Professor's Dirty Little Secret
I started the lecture, focusing on the whiteboard, on my notes, on anything but her.
It worked for the first ten minutes.
Then we started reviewing the last exam.
“So, Professor,” she said, voice light, almost teasing, “would you say this exam question is meant to… test how well we follow directions? Or how well we handle pressure?”
A few students chuckled. I didn’t.
I met her gaze briefly. She was smirking, not cruelly, but knowingly. Like she remembered every second of the blackmail exchange and was savoring the memory.
“Both,” I said shortly. “You should be familiar with that concept by now.”