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I gripped the podium as if it was a lifeline. It would take the Jaws of Life to pry off my hands. I stared at the notes before me, and they offered no comfort. Cautiously I glanced to my left. The fear level shot upward. There she was sitting like a dictator in front of her subjects.

Dr. Neal was the most feared professor in the education department. Never married, education was first in her life. Scaring students was her second. A permanent frown graced her face. If she happened to smile, h...