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True story: I had a very, very smart boy in one of my sixth grade classes a few years back. Smarter than me or Grace. Possibly as smart as Sissy. But quite sensitive.
He was gone a few days before a unit test, and missed the review. He'd already blown the curve, and would have had to get something like a 50 on the test to drop his grade down to an A-, so I had him take the test, and he got a 94, which was an A- His quarter grade was still a rock-solid A. He was visibly upset, and was trying to hold it in, but not quite making it, so I asked him to step into the hall for a moment, and asked him if he were going to be ok. He was flushed, which showed up in his Irish pale skin as a bright pink. Half crying and half laughing, he said, "I was feeling hot, but my tears have cooled me off."
I didn't say it was an interesting story, just a true one.
Gilda
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