I returned to my seat in the monitoring room, anxiously watching the screen as Oliver waited for his entrance exam to begin.
The room next door was probably the lounge for teachers. Through the thin walls, I could hear their private discussions, their words dripping with disdain.
"This kid came from a public school, right? Probably never attended classes properly."
"Exactly. He probably can't even recite the alphabet. And now he's here for our entrance exam? So overconfident."
"Nancy, too—our sponsors wanted to raise the bar, but she insisted on fairness, making this all just a formality and wasting everyone's time!"
A man chuckled contemptuously. "I bet five dollars the kid won't be able to solve a single problem!"
Another teacher chimed in, "Agreed! He probably doesn't even underst
