It's the second day of school, and boy do I have some personalities in my class. Lots of energy. Positive energy, though. I have one little girl that is such a character. She uses language that is not typical at all of eight-year-olds, and I don't mean four letter words. Her speech is just kind of adult-like, but with a childlike perspective.
Maybe I should give an example. In the hallway today, another student started to say that she (Miss Personality) liked a boy in the class. Instead of getting upset, or embarrassed, or angry, she calmly responded,
"Nope. I'm saving my heart for a sports kind of guy."
This kid is an original. Plus, the boy teasing her didn't know how to respond, so he stopped. Usually comebacks in second grade are some variation of, "I'm telling."
