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This spurred an unexpected memory. Back in first grade, we were assigned to draw and write about something we like. I wanted to describe our pet parrot, but didn’t know how to spell the word. So I asked my teacher. She exclaimed, “That’s a good one!,” seemingly delighted with my advanced vocabulary, and spelled out P-A-R-E-N-T on the chalkboard. Perplexed, but unsure how to tell her she had misunderstood me, I simply proceeded to write about my “peret.”
This spurred an unexpected memory. Back in first grade, we were assigned to draw and write about something we like. I wanted to describe our pet parrot, but didn’t know how to spell the word. So I asked my teacher. She exclaimed, “That’s a good one!,” seemingly delighted with my advanced vocabulary, and spelled out P-A-R-E-N-T on the chalkboard. Perplexed, but unsure how to tell her she had misunderstood me, I simply proceeded to write about my “peret.”