13.1. NOT YOUR TYPICAL CLASSROOM

Marlina arrives a little early for class; she nervously walks into the room. She looks around for a place to sit, but most of the front row is taken. All of a sudden, she spots an open seat in the back row ten feet above the classroom floor. She lifts her arms and flies to the seat. Once she arranges herself, she looks around. To her left, a large yellow ogre looks intently at the instructor's podium and on her right some sort of winged creature appears to be in deep conversation with a fellow student.

Moments later, the instructor appears in the front of the classroom and begins the instruction. "Today, we are going to learn about our network routers and switching equipment by exploring a giant router. You will ...

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