Scene: Morning, 7
am, ME driving LITTLE ONE to her high school in SUV
ME: So, what’s on your agenda today?
LITTLE ONE: Uh … I have to give a speech after lunch.
ME: Really? On what?
LITTLE ONE: Dyslexia.
ME (light bulb flashing
on in cartoon bubble above head): You know what you should do?!
LITTLE ONE: What?
ME: Read the speech backwards!
* * * * * * *
She wouldn’t bite. I explained that she should award
whoever figured out her speech first with a plea to the teacher to give that
student an A for the day. What a perfect, unique twist to make her speech
memorable. Then Little One countered that she’d probably get detention for
pulling a stunt like that. And she’s probably right, unfortunately, in this
overly touchy age we live in.
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