Today's OneWord: Strict

I had heard that the newest teacher, Miss Danforth, was very strict, according to my older classmates. However, on the first day of class, I felt drawn to her. She was quite young to be teaching, with very short hair, a bowtie tucked under her small, square chin, and hands as big as my father's so that when she gripped a whiteboard pen, it almost disappeared in her grip.

"I don't like going by 'Miss' Danforth," she told the class, "but simply by 'Danforth,' if you wouldn't mind."