"Principal, please, don't expel me!" Tan Jing cried as she hobbled toward the principal's office, her leg injury not yet healed, "I will turn over a new leaf, I will never cheat again."
A few teachers pleaded on Tan Jing's behalf, "Principal, look at her condition, please give her a chance. Besides, Tan Jing is a good student with impressive grades, if she were to be expelled..."
Director Zhang also proposed, "Principal, why don't we keep Tan Jing's enrollment for now, let her go home and recuperate for a while, and have her return to school once the dust has settled."
Although the principal is the school's highest authority, there are others who handle affairs within the school. The purpose of today's meeting was to gauge the attitudes of the other teachers.
"Let's take a vote then," the principal said, "Those who agree with Director Zhang's suggestion, please raise your hands."
