I’ve told this story before, but I realize that it is an important part of my origin story, and so worth pondering from multiple perspectives. When I was in Kindergarten I had a crush on a beautiful girl in my class. To my delight, the teacher sat us right next to each other.<\/p>\n
But one day in that same class we got a new student, a girl who was a problem child. She would often have fits of temper, and if you were sitting next to her, she would steal your scissors.<\/p>\n
At some point the teacher moved my seat next to hers. When I asked why, the teacher explained that it had to be me.<\/p>\n
It seems that I was the only kid in the class who was nice to the troubled student, and who never got into fights with her. I guess, with the wisdom of hindsight, that this was a great compliment.<\/p>\n
But I’m still sad that I didn’t get to sit next to that other girl.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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