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"Teacher’s Pest" is a story by Orson Scott Card set in his Ender's Game universe. It tells the story of how John Paul Wiggin (Ender's father) meets and falls in love with his future wife. It first appeared in Card's short story collection First Meetings in Ender's Universe.
[edit] Plot summary
While going to college John Paul is assigned to take a Human Communities class being taught by a graduate student named Theresa Brown. At first he isn't happy about this but when he goes to class and discovers that she is very smart and may actually be smarter than he is he falls in love with her. In an effort to make her fall in love with him he goes to her office to talk with her. Unfortunately she had just been told that her research project was being taken away from her in an effort to get her father Admiral Brown to come out of retirement. As a result she didn't want to talk to anyone. Determined, John Paul waits outside her office and orders food for her while she talks to her father on the phone. When she finally comes out he is still waiting for her. She decides to eat with him and while they talk John Paul tells her about his secret past. As they continue to talk they both begin to fall in love.
[edit] Characters
- John Paul Wiggin
- Classmates - unnamed
- Theresa Brown - student teacher
- Admiral Hinckley Brown - Theresa's father
- Theresa's dissertation committee - unnamed
- Dr. Howell - professor
- The dean - unnamed
[edit] References
- "Teacher's Pest" by Orson Scott Card
- The Hatrack Orson Scott Card's official website.
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