but in the face of the archaic psychosis ingrained in the hester prynne student body ( as well as much of the staff ) , one teacher was ready to perform the magic that a good breakfast had day after day failed to accomplish , and alleviate the plague of said sense while also holding a hope to issue in a new order of kids fit to tackle the days polynomial equations and stoichiometric evaluations with a self-restoring feeling of exuberance never before seen at the school .