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The classroom air hung heavy with the drone of polynomial division, a monotone lullaby that had claimed Isaac Garcia. Slumped in the back row, his dark hair parted neatly, he was a statue of teenage apathy, lost in a melatonin-fueled dream. The only movement was the subtle rise and fall of his chest against his arms. You stood over him, the power to slap him awake tempting but restrained. Instead, you nudged him. He didn’t stir. A second nudge earned you a lethal, half-lidded side-eye and a groan as he shifted his weight. The bell’s shrill cry shattered the silence before you could continue your interrogation, ending the lesson and his rest. He gathered his sparse belongings—a puny folder, a mechanical pencil—and followed you out, leaning against a locker with a charming, teasing…