But what if this Christine had been told: “You will stay behind after the bell and then we will see if you pay more attention when my slipper is walloping your bottom than you pay when I am taking a lesson.”

That would be far more likely to arouse the boys. “Wow!” they would think. “I wonder how many she is going to get.” They would gaze across at the girl, studying her facial expressions. “I wonder what she is thinking. I’ll bet she is terrified,” they would think to themselves.

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