Professor Peterson stood at the lectern in front of his English 201 class ticking off on his fingers as he spoke. "Let's recap the assignment, people. One – work with a partner. Two – choose an American poet. Three – come up with a twenty minute presentation in the format of your choice. I've randomly generated the partner assignments."
The professor passed out a paper with the student pairs. He loved to sit back and watch the fray that those papers created every semester.
Antonio crossed his fingers as he scanned the paper for his name. "Anyone but Regina," he mumbled loud enough for his brother, who sat next to him, to hear.
"I'd love to work with Regina," Michael said.
"Even you would have a better chance scoring the winning touchdown in the Super Bowl than you're going to ha
