Masks
“Michelle Weaver’s eyes were as wide as saucers as she pointed to the classroom door and tugged at her teacher’s sleeve.
“Michelle, I don’t want to hear any more stories.” Chloe heard the weariness in her own voice and tried to soften her tone. She didn’t want to take out her personal pain on the kids in her class. “Listen,” she said more gently to the little girl. “Just go have a seat and finish your spelling test, all right?”
“But he said he wants to talk to you!”
“I’m sure he does.” Chloe pat...ted her on the head. Michelle had been known to make up all kinds of things to avoid tests, including talking giraffes and purple unicorns, all of which desperately needed Chloe’s attention. Actually a “funny man” was a pretty tame creation for a child which Chloe was sure was going to grow up to be a writer of fantastic fiction some day.
“Go sit down and finish your test,” she told Michelle again. “And no more water or bathroom breaks until you do. You’re distracting the rest of the class.”MoreLess
“Michelle, I don’t want to hear any more stories.” Chloe heard the weariness in her own voice and tried to soften her tone. She didn’t want to take out her personal pain on the kids in her class. “Listen,” she said more gently to the little girl. “Just go have a seat and finish your spelling test, all right?”
“But he said he wants to talk to you!”
“I’m sure he does.” Chloe pat...ted her on the head. Michelle had been known to make up all kinds of things to avoid tests, including talking giraffes and purple unicorns, all of which desperately needed Chloe’s attention. Actually a “funny man” was a pretty tame creation for a child which Chloe was sure was going to grow up to be a writer of fantastic fiction some day.
“Go sit down and finish your test,” she told Michelle again. “And no more water or bathroom breaks until you do. You’re distracting the rest of the class.”MoreLess
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