Chapter 838

Harold finally realized that despite his lengthy explanation, the students below hadn't grasped a single word. He obediently took the seat Mina had just vacated, curious to see how she would approach the lesson. With an air of effortless authority, Mina strode up to the podium. Gripping the pointer, she gestured dramatically at the square Harold had drawn on the blackboard and declared, "This square has a side length of one. Its area is simply side length multiplied by side length one times one equals one! That's it!" As she spoke, she stood on tiptoe and erased all the smaller squares Harold had painstakingly filled inside the larger one. "Why bother with all these tiny grids? Just remember: side length times side length. Five simple words memorize them, and you can solve any problem! Why complicate things?" Seated in his chair, Harold's face darkened. He had expected some brilliant revelation from Mina, but all she offered was rote memorization. Yet, the other students seemed to have