The clown

<Tab/>Lizzie stared at the floor. "I don't have it," she began, "Can I submit it tomorrow?"
<Tab/>"NO! This is VCE now - you need to learn. If you don't hand it in on time, you fail!"
<Tab/>"Okay," nodded the student, as she picked up her books and started to leave the room.
<Tab/>"And Elizabeth," said her teacher, "Don't bother coming back to this class. You've already failed, so there's no point."
<Tab/>"Uh huh." Lizzie made her way out of the classroom as quickly as possible. Thank God it was lunchtime!!!
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