This is me not knowing what to say, but thinking I should tell you something...

So, I guess I could tell you a story from my childhood, but all of my childhood stories are pretty geeky.

I don't think I have ever not been geeky in my life.

I could tell you all about second grade. That was a fun year...

So, I started second grade in a school where they had a program for smart kids like me.
Well, that turned out badly because my teacher was a mean old fart, and I usually came home crying.

So, I switched over to my neighborhood elementary school where I had some friends, but my teacher was something else. She was an Anderson.

She wasn't my biggest fan because I was a smart kid, and I had my own way of doing things. Well, I learned quickly that being a smart kid in elementary school causes serious problems.

It's not appropriate to read Harry Potter when you're seven turning eight. It isn't age appropriate.She'd rather have me reading Junie B. Jones or The Magic Treehouse.

We had to write these letters home every week, and I had learned a bit of cursive in first grade, so one week, I was writing home, and my teacher yelled at me because, "In second grade, we print!" That was traumatizing and I cried under my desk for about 15 minutes.

Also, I had no time to read when we had 'center time' in the class, so I asked if I could start with that. That was met with a resounding no. And then of course I wasn't often allowed to do creative writing because I 'took too long.' But guess what? That's kind of what I do now. I read and write. I have even written an entire book!

So, to you, Mrs. Larsen, I say:

Because you would not let me excel. 

So, stop inflicting your opinions on the world.

And do you know why?

Just

That's basically my second grade experience in a set of GIFs. Second grade sucked the life out of me. But obviously, I'm okay now!

Thanks for taking the time to read this!

xo, Marley