The noise blasts were a mixture of several sounds that most people hate, like fingernails on a chalk board, dentist drills, and sirens.

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But then Lisette was rarely called on in math class sometimes she shut her eyes, pretending that she was thinking really hard, and when she opened them there was one of the three or four smart kids in the class at the board, taking the chalk from Nowicki.

NEWYORKER: I.D.

He went back to the board and picked up the chalk.

NEWYORKER: Teaching