After Michael left, Dr. Miller began leafing through the pile of papers. As Michael said, Caroline’s grading appeared consistent, and she was particularly hard on Victor.
A quick glance at Nick’s essay revealed that it really was no better than she had said, and maybe a little worse. Frowning, Dr. Miller called the kinesiology department chair and explained the situation.
Upon hearing that his freshman tackle had turned in a research paper without a works cited page, despite clear verbal and written warnings from the professor, the coach completely agreed with the decision to put Nick on academic probation and pull him from active athletics participation. Football season had just ended, but he was involved in several other sports. Nicholas Ramsey would be spending at least one semester w
