Three weeks later, Fran and five other students were sitting in their math classroom, eagerly waiting for the teacher to arrive so the test could begin. Fran stared at the clock, counting down the seconds, while his foot nervously tapped the floor. He had prepared for this moment for days, studying with Anja and on his own, but he was still afraid. What if the test was harder than expected? What if his brain froze and he couldn't remember any of the math formulas he had learned? Fran shook his head to dispel those negative thoughts and took a deep breath.
"It's okay, everything will be fine," he said to himself, trying to...