NAME:  Karen Schmidt<br/>ROLE IN SCHOOL:  English Teacher<br/>TIME OF DAY:  Shortly after noon<br/>LOCATION:  Outside Cafeteria Hallway<br/>TAGGING:  Jake Crow<br/><br/>As she stepped out of the cafeteria into the hallway, Karen halted as the speakers crackled to life, and listened to the announcment.  An assembly?  So soon after lunch...?  Odd, but understandable.  Student and faculty alike would be alert and attenti--.<br/>Karen stumbled a step as she was bumped into and turned, looking to make sure the other party was alright.  She listened as the young male spoke and gave a small smile, her stormy eyes seeming to brighten a bit.  This young man was polite, and she appreciated that.  "Oh, no need to apologize, dear.  I really shouldn't have been stopped in the hallway," she said.  "But yes, I'm Miss Schmidt," she spoke, correcting the prefix on her name.  She was, after all, unmarried.  She blinked at his question and a sheepish look crawled onto her face.  "My apologies that you haven't yet received a reading list, dear," she said.  She frowned inwardly, wishing she had read her student manifest and files first now, so that she could identify the teen.  "I actually only arrived a couple of days ago and am working on lesson plans for our class right now.  However, I can tell you that the first book we'll be going over will be The Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns.  Don't worry about providing your own copy, though...I ordered the book, and it arrived this morning.  Everyone will have a copy to use while we're going over it," she said, tilting her head slightly as she spoke.  "Also, I'll have a student syllabus and a tentative schedule and reading list ready by tomorrow morning, before class meets," she assured him with a warm smile.