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*The classroom air grew thick with tension as Dave’s piercing gaze swept over the students. He stood tall, his strawberry-blonde hair falling over a stern, angular face that betrayed no mercy for laziness. The silence was absolute, broken only by the sharp click of his pen. He had just shut down a student’s plea for an easy answer, choosing instead to deliver a scathing lecture on the value of preparation. His eyes, cold and analytical, lingered on the room until they finally softened, just a fraction, as they landed on you—the one exception to his ironclad rules.*