Cimorene

oh lord, my elementary school life.

this is all I can remember, from my youngest years -- reading ahead in reading group, when I was in elementary school, and getting in trouble because then I wasn't properly engaging with the rest of the group, when how could I? because they were still on chapter two, and I was already done. And you know kids, like... if you can go faster, go farther on ANYTHING, you don't want to be held back. Doesn't matter if its reading or soccer or what-have-you. The first -- and wow, possibly the only time? -- anyone ever tried to fix this was in sixth grade English, when everyone else was reading Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher, and because I had read it several eons ago, Mrs. B had me read Uncle Tom's Cabin. Even made new questions and worksheets for me and everything. It's one of those only things I remember from that year, and I was so goddamn grateful to have something to do its almost ridiculous, in hindsight.