Terror at School - Chapter 1
"All right, open page 124 of the book, children." Ms. Rudi was writing something on the whiteboard in the center of the classroom as she announced the instructions. A flurry of shifting books and shuffling pages followed, and she turned back to face the class, the words QUADRATIC FORMULA written on the board. "Right, today I will be teaching you the quadratic formula. So far, we have had only basic algebraic expressions. This one is a bit more advanced, but it simplifies things a bit...," Ms. Rudi said. Sitting in the rightmost row of the class, Baran peered into his textbook, and horror flashed in his eyes. Simplifies things! You must be crazy! Thought Baran, in chagrin. He peered over his left, at his close friend Amar, and he seemed unfazed. Baran seemed to calm down. He doesn't seem bothered in the least, he thought, and looking back at his textbook, took a sigh of relief. Meanwhile, the teacher continued with the lesson and be