I dismissed the class, save for one student. “Nika, can you hang back a moment?” She sighed, “Yes, professor.” A couple of her friends gave her teasing smiles before leaving the small lecture hall. I waited for the room to empty before approaching her. “Nika, your quiz scores have been quite disappointing these last few weeks,” I got straight to the point. “Before midterms, you had the highest overall score in class. What...