I asked, looking up from the tests, trying to maintain my composure.

“What is this shit?” Mike asked, putting the test down on my desk.

“That’s a B+,” I said, “still way above the class average.”

“This ain’t no B+,” Mike said, “you gotta read over this shit again.”

“What specifically do you think I marked wrong?” I asked.

“Like this,” Mike said, opening to the next page, “about the causes of social stratification. I even looked at the book for this bullshit answer. Domestication of animals.”

“Why isn’t that a good answer?” I asked.

“Come on, Miss Riviera,” Mike said, grabbing the paper up, “you think I’m stupid? I know you mark...

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