From Alice

Alice, after a loud argument with Jackie ( said very kindly and genuinely): "Jackie, you should be a teacher when you grow up. You would be a very good teacher, because you have a very loud voice, and teachers need to have loud voices, to yell at the kids, so the kids can hear them. (there are 34 kids in Alice's class - a think it may be a little noisy, her teachers don't seem like the yelling type though) "


Incidently, Jackie thought this was a great compliment, and has talked about it several times. Since she wants to be a danser, she has decided to be a dance teacher, to incorporate Alice's wise advice. She will tell you that Alice is right, she DOES have a loud voice, and then proves it by screaming.
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Alice, on the morning of the third day of school: "When are you going to let me skip school like Anne does?"


I knew the skipping school issue would come up - I just didn't think it would come up on the third day of grade one. Thanks Aunt Anne, and thanks Grandma!

When I pointed out that she had read a word: (rolling her eyes) MAWWMM, I didn't read it, I just looked at the word and knew what the word was, that is not reading".

hmmm - sounds like reading to me, wonder what she considers to be reading.

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This morning when I answered her skipping school plea with " you can think about skipping school when you can read". She said: "I already can read, I just don't always understand the sounds and the words don't make any sense, but I can read".

Oh, so that is reading.

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As we were driving out of our neighbourhood she said, : "The next time we move houses, make sure we are moving into a mansion with an attic. Actually, the attic is not that important, just make sure it is a mansion."

Okay, I'll get right on that.