Cori followed Dakota into the auditorium and took a seat opposite him. Immediately she fixed her shirt and hair so that it wasn't too messy now that he could actually see her. She may not be the most girly of his students but even Cori was smart enough to know that guys liked a girl who was well kept. Not that she was thinking Mr. Hopkins would like her like that. But she could dream.
She took the note back and read through it, scoffing at first but then laughing at his second comment. 'Great, so the rest of us get to listen to some reject babble on about his self-proclaimed success.' Cori rolled her eyes as she wrote it and made an L with her fingers before pressing it to her forehead. Surely Dakota would understand that one since even her peers mimicked the gesture from time to time.
She drew an arrow up to his other comment and wrote at the opposite end of the point, 'That's a funny joke.' The likelihood that a teacher would speak up and actually make an effort to have someone translate a guest speaker so Cori would pay more attention was slim. Half of the teachers hadn't even bothered to learn a substantial amount of ASL to accommodate her in the classroom, never mind outside of it.