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Give the New Kid a Chance

Sarah was smart and sassy and wore a tired-looking bun. Extremely bright, she made the rest of our class look slow and dumb. I despised her right away. Would not invite her to play. Got to know her years later. And she was tremendously fun, so I was the dumb one.

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Michelle Faulkner

Date: 12/4/2018 5:15:00 PM

I know how scary it can be to be the new kid - being a Navy brat, we were always moving!

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 12/5/2018 12:05:00 AM

We moved our children over 30 times so I know it is horrible living vicariously through their experiences.

M. L. Kiser

Date: 12/2/2018 8:23:00 PM

A thought-provoking limerick; happens often, I'm afraid.

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 12/2/2018 10:00:00 PM

It happens SO often it is CRAZY! Being the new kid is awful.

Rhona Mcferran

Date: 11/30/2018 6:36:00 PM

Some adults still need this reminder, too, sometimes! ;)

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 11/30/2018 11:26:00 PM

I am here to teach. Big smile.

Mahtab Bangalee

Date: 11/29/2018 11:21:00 PM

tremendously fun makes you dumb! /// nice limerick

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 11/30/2018 7:00:00 AM

I always like to remind children that a stranger is sometimes a friend we do not know "yet", all strangers are not child-nappers or killers. Many sit next to you the first day of kindergarten and become friends.