Tuesday, August 01, 2006

A New Learning Experience

Mr. Long held Laurie in after class on Friday. "Come and see me after school today, at about 3:30." He did not look pleased. Laurie was nervous. She was not the best student by far and was not known for good behavior in class. She had gotten in a lot of trouble about a year ago when she was kicked out of her last private school and had resolved to behave, but good behavior was not something that came easily for Laurie. She hardly listened in class and more than one she had been sent to the principles office for chatting in class via text message. Her parents would not be happy is she got into trouble again considering that the only reason St. Mary’s accepted her was because of a large donation on her fathers part. Whatever it was that Mr. Long was calling her in for Laurie decided to resolve without her parents knowledge, no matter what.

At 3:30, after chatting on the quad for thirty minutes, Laurie told her friends she would meet up with them later and headed back into the school. The halls were empty. Everyone, including most of the teachers, had bolted after the final bell at 3 all eager to begin their weekend. Laurie walked up the stairs and down the long hallway to Mr. Longs Classroom. All of the classrooms along the hallway were empty with the lights turned off and Laurie wished she too could be outside in the sun rather than walking toward detention most likely.

Mr. Long’s classroom was at the end of the hallway, and it was the only one still lit. The heavy wooden door was open and she could hear the shuffling of papers as she approached. She stepped into the door and saw Mr. Long sitting at his desk writing, most likely grading papers. He did not look up as she came in but said "come in Laurie, take a seat. I will be finished in just a moment."

Laurie sat in one of the desks in the front row. Normally she sat in the back of the class. She was not comfortable in the plaid skirt she was not comfortable sitting in a desk in her little plaid skirt. She wore it at the length the other girls did, reaching the tips of her fingers as her hands were at her side. As long as she was sitting behind someone she could relax and spread out, but in the front row the short skirt revealed far too much so she had to sit up strait with her ankles crossed.
Mr. Long finally put down his pen and stood up. He walked around his desk at sat on the edge.

"Well, Laurie. Do you know why I asked you in here?"

Laurie had a few ideas, but nothing certain and she was not going to risk revealing more than necessary so she shook her head.

"Your grades these last two months have been...Horrible. You have not turned in assignments and your quiz scores have been very low. I was worried you were going to fail until this last test."

Mr. Long reached over and picked up the top most paper on his desk.

"You did very well on Mondays test Laurie. Strange though, the answers look very similar to Alison’s. How do you explain that?"

Laurie Looked at her feel and said nothing

"I see...Well, this is very serious Laurie. Cheating is against the rules and I am obligated to report this to the principle. '
"I'm sorry Mr. Long, I just-"
"I don't want any excuses Laurie. Cheating is never acceptable and you know that. You are new here, but the rules are the same as your last school. I understand you were expelled from your last school? I think it is only fair to warn you that you will most likely be expelled for this. As I said, I am obligated to report this, but I like you Laurie. I see you are trying hard even if you are not succeeding. Perhaps we can keep this to ourselves."
"Oh thank you Mr. Long, you don't know-"
"Now hold on a minute. I won't report you, but things will have to change around here. I can't have you thinking that this is acceptable behavior. I believe a punishment is necessary in this situation. Also, as your teacher I cannot let you continue this way. You obviously need further instruction than I am able to provide in the classroom. Therefore if I am going to keep this to myself you will have to come in after school once a week to work with me."
"Whatever it takes Mr. Long"
"Good"

He stood up and walked over to Laurie. He put his hand on her shoulder and slid it down her back.

"I will not take it easy on you, do you understand. It will be hard work."
"Um. Mr. Long,"
"And we will have to keep it to ourselves as it is not standard procedure to be in a classroom alone with a teacher after school hours."

As He spoke his hand moved again to her shoulder and then to her chin which he began to stroke

"Mr. Long, I am not so sure I am comfortable with this"

He raised her chin with his hand

"OH, I see. Well, it is your choice Laurie. You can either come in after class for further instruction or you can be exposed as the cheater that you are. I understand that the only reason you were admitted to St. Mary’s is a rather large donation on your father’s part. I believe he will be very unhappy to hear you have been expelled for a second time. Not to mention it will be difficult to find another school to attend after you are exposed."

Laurie lowered her eyes

"I take from your silence that you agree to this arrangement?"

Laurie nodded.

"Good. Well then. Let us establish some ground rules before we begin."
"Today Mr. Long?"
"Of Course today. Unless you have changed your mind?"
Laurie shook her head "No"
"Good. Now then. Rule number one, keep our meeting to yourself. Do not tell any one, it is private and I would like it to remain that way. Rule number two, you will come here every Friday after school at 4:00pm without exceptions. Sessions will be at least two hours long, plan on three just in case we are going something special." He gave her a wink at this. "Finally, you are to fallow every direction I give you precisely. No exceptions. If you do not fallow these rules I will expose you, I will make sure you are expelled, and I will make sure that no other school accepts you. Do you understand?"
"Yes Mr. Long"
"Call me Sir. From now on."
"Yes Sir."
"Good, now stand up. And we will get to your punishment."

He sat on the edge of his desk as she stood and faced him.

"You look very nice today Laurie. But I want your hair in pig tails, now."
"Yes Sir" Laurie took the hair ties from her writs and began to place her hair in pig tails.
"And from now on I want you to bring a pair of healed shoes with you. The higher the better do you understand?"
"Yes Sir." Laurie finished with her hair.
"Much Better. Now then, you need to be punished. What you did was wrong and you know it. It was a very childish thing to do don't you agree?"
"Yes Sir"
"I am a firm believer in letting the punishment fit the crime; therefore I think that you should be spanked. So, please get me the ruler that is hanging on the wall over there. Thank you. And remove your blouse please."
Laurie looked at him in surprise
"Do as I tell you Laurie"
"Yes sir" Laurie began to slowly undo all of the tiny buttons that held her blouse together.

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