"Who would like to step forward to reveal the content of their card?" Erika asked.
As soon as the question left her lips, the students started jumping up from their seats.
"Me first!" yelled a young man wearing dark-rimmed glasses. He quickly pulled out a card and placed it in front of the detector.
He turned to face the rest of the class before staring at the screen.
"Rank ten!" he exclaimed proudly. "I thought I wasn't going to make it!"
His classmates congratulated him with loud cheers and clapping hands.
*****
The mood in the hall changed completely as everyone's eyes were focused on the remaining twenty-three cards.
The next person to go was a boy named Matt, who walked toward the detector in the center of the table.
He hesitated for a second before he took the previous card, placing it on top of his own.
