Amanda blinked and stared, feeling her cheeks begin to heat in embarrassment.  Trying to contain the blush, she swept a stern gaze across the classroom to quell the laughter, before turning it back to the teen that had spoken the question.  Her expression still stern, she added a frown to her lips.  "Young man, it is perfectly alright to ask that question of one of your peers, but I will not tolerate such behavior directed toward me," she spoke in a just-calm-enough voice.  Her eyes then swept back to the rest of the class.  "The same applies to all of you.  I had better not receive any such unprofessional behavior from any of you directed toward me," she stated clearly, raising her head authoritatively.  "Now...are there any<em>real</em>questions, specifically directed toward the syllabus or the rules?" she asked.  When she received none, she nodded and looked down at the syllabus, continuing on with it.<br/>For the next half hour, she went over the syllabus for the year.<br/>There would be four essays, one of which would be at the end of the first semester, and the last being at the end of the second semester, leaving the other two for midterms.<br/>They would be reading three books that year.<em>To Kill A Mockingbird</em>,<em>Cold, Sassy Tree</em>, and<em>Of Mice and Men</em>.  All of which she would be providing copies of.<br/>There would be small quizzes, some tests...with only two big tests, placed at the end of each semester.<br/>Finally, she finished and asked if there were any questions once again, looking about.