Ah, Princess Katherine. She's brilliant and somewhat precocious.
Just last week she taught me about teaching.
Katherine didn't want to do the Science review sheet. School comes easily to her, but sometimes she gets tired of the tedious busy work that is so necessary for some of my students. So she sat there and distracted Geovanny and Andrea, tossing her hair, letting her diamond eyes sparkle as she giggled and screamed in outrage at Geovanny's response.
I kept walking past her desk, encouraging her to finish so she wouldn't have homework. Finally I gave her a time limit for the first 4 questions. When she accomplished those I gave her 3 more minutes for the next 5 questions. She lit up. She loves to rise to the challenge. Soon she had the entire worksheet finished and glowed with pride.
I love watching her shakes her foot back and forth, throw her head back, and raise her eyebrows as she taunts the boys. I love watching her swirl around the classroom with Sally--uniform skirt twirling, black shoes slipping, long brown hair flying--not a care in the world. I love the light in her eyes when she asks me if she can have "Bonus Points" in addition to the "Extra Credit" question at the end of the test.
Today she hung on my neck as we said goodbye. I looked down at her face, trying not to giggle at the body glitter clinging to her cheeks, and realized that she has a piece of my heart.
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