I sat across the table from an impossibly smart six yr old, one whose loquacity and wit made me question the importance of my intellect.
"How old are you?" I asked with a grin.
She was terribly cute, with big, brown mouse eyes.
"I'm six!" She responded.
"And I'm in first grade, and my sister, who's just four, is in Pre-K! And my birthday is March 25th!"
The sentence was ended with a gap-toothed grin.
Earlier, I was momentarily thrown by a seven yr old asking me for the proper spelling of homophones. Finding opposites was an all right pastime, but the appeal of finding such matches as "scene" and "seen" transported young Jacklyn into a unmatchable euphoria.
It's somewhat humbling to realize that I am tutoring children with IQ's that could potentially far surpass mine, given enough room, support, and inspiration to bloom.
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