today, we played a game. i went around the snack table and asked each kid a math or reading question. i'd give them a check mark for every question they got right. i went around a few times. for my last question, she sat up real straight. and i said, "okay, mariah, who is the bravest girl in the whole wide world?" and she looked at me, and slowly the smile go bigger and bigger, "me!"
every once in a while, you get the chance to really be close to a kid - and you get to be one of the first people in this kid's whole life to actually see them, and tell them that they're good - they're not bad, it's just that nobody understands them. and so today i am grateful for my job.
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