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Submitted to Contest #105
I didn't like Kevin. He was very slow, in every way. He wasn't that smart. His reaction speed was terrible. He could only move at about two feet per second, and that's when he was running. He was like a sloth. This bothered me even more than if I was just someone who knew him. That's because I was his teacher. My story begins on an average Tuesday. I was asking Kevin a math question. Math was especially painful. Normal kids take a time to do it. Kevin took about 10 minutes. "Who knows what nine times eight is?" I said. I look...
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