The Professor’s Secret
Language: en
In Professor Rivera’s eyes, I was always a quiet one, a wallflower who never spoke up in class. I was far less favored than Gabrielle, the charming and outgoing junior student from the neighboring research group. To "force" me to change, Professor Rivera set a bizarre rule: during lab meetings, presentations had to exceed eighty decibels, or he’d refuse to sign off on my thesis. The first meeting, I bravely read my report aloud, but he scoffed at my trembling voice, then turned around and handed my research data to Gabrielle. The second meeting, I came prepared with throat lozenges, argued…