"Yes sir," she murmurs, and steps out of her seat to walk up to the chalkboard.<br/><br/>She considers the problem for a moment, one hand on a hip and her head tilted slightly to the side, then nods to herself and picks up the chalk stick.<br/><br/>With quick, sure strokes, she moves through all the steps of the equation, barely stopping to read each line before she brings the problem to a close with the integers on one side, the answers on the other.  She gives Mr. McNeely a bright, cheerful smile and sets the chalk back carefully on the little ledge, then proceeds back to her desk.