He scored 47 on the monthly math test, ranking last in a class of 52. All he had was an old workbook that had been soaked in water and one simple method: explain every problem until the other person truly understood it. He'd explain it once and get stuck, then fill in that missing step and explain it again. Understand one more thing, earn one more point. Eight days later, he helped his deskmate understand the first problem, and scored eight more points on a quiz. Half a year later, after being knocked from the top spot in the county to 187th at the city's key high school, he climbed back into the top forty over the next forty chapters. In the end, the school changed one of its rules for him, and he lost a friend. Other people have talent as their cheat code. His is the ability to explain things clearly.
This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.
