Grabbing a seat that the teacher pointed to Alice sat down and thought about the situation at hand.  It was obvious it would take something big to convince the teacher that they were worth it but what exactly.  Paying some attention to Marie's little outburst she understood where she was coming from but a bit more patience would have served better or so she thought.  "Look Miss Lindemann is there anything that we could do to prove that we are worth it?" Alice said out loud she had to do something similar when trying to convince the coach of her old team the Braves to let her join as well.