she aggressively forked into her dessert , frustrated ; she shoveled a large piece of pie into her mouth , chewed for a second , swallowed , and then continued , her mouth still half full : all day she kept ranking on my class , telling us how stupid we all are , and how unprepared for the real world we all are , and how mr. conor is babying us and coddling us and her eyes narrowed , her face flushing red .