Then she closed the mark scheme.
But Nia had been teaching for twenty years. She knew that Amira, who couldn't spell "friction" consistently, had just described it more vividly than half the textbook. Checkpoint Science Past Papers 2010 Mark Scheme
Eli had described the mechanism. Beautifully. Then she closed the mark scheme
The mark scheme demanded: "Conduction: transfer of thermal energy through particle collisions." No personality. No dominoes. Strictly business. who couldn't spell "friction" consistently
According to the mark scheme, this was zero. Zero points for anthropomorphic carpets. Zero for "grumble noise."