The Frustrated Artist

After I had given instructions, along with examples of the art project, the students were allowed to talk quietly to their partners as they worked on the lesson.

Martin bombarded Ema with questions about her clay creation. "What is that? What are you making?"

Ema was deeeply involved in her creation and ignored him... or so I thought.

He hadn't noticed, so he continued. "MAN, that looks good! What's that gonna be? Huh? What is that?"

Finally, Ema stopped and looked him square in the eye. Thrusting her little chin forward, she hissed, "Listen, I'm SICK and TARD of being ERUPTED!"

...from The Diary of a First Grade Teacher by Lynda Smith Davis (with permission)
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