In the short story 7th grade, we follow Victor during the school day where we see him talk to his desperate friend Michael and his longing to talk to his crush Teresa. In the end he ends up impressing his crush by pretending to be able to speak french and thankfully his teacher doesn’t expose his inability to speak french.

Now I will be talking about the reason why his teacher didn’t expose him when he pretended to speak French. His teacher didn’t expose him because he was empathetic towards him. He also says “He remembered his college years when he dated a girlfriend in borrowed cars.” which means that he was trying to pretend that he was rich.

Victor pretending to be able to speak french actually turned out to be a good thing since Teresa asks him to help her study for French. Victor’s teacher feeling empathetic towards him causes Victor’s crush to talk to him.