Tomorrow is DTASC Shakespeare Festival, and one of the student groups wanted to rehearse after school, so I said I'd stick around for an hour or so. I got the kids set up and went to deal with the vans we're taking to Festival, and when I came back...
Where are they?
Looked around and found them at a guitar concert; one of the actors' boyfriend was singing/playing. I read them the riot act, told them I only stayed after so they could rehearse, and if they weren't going to rehearse, I'd be leaving. All of the kids but one came willingly, even eagerly; can you guess which one was upset?
That's right, the one whose boyfriend was playing.
She told the rest of the cast that she wasn't sure if she'd bother coming tomorrow, and (because I have some experience with kids, and some with this particular kid) I immediately imagined her attitude if she did show up.
"You're lucky I showed up today."God save us all from ninth grade divas.
"No, you're lucky you showed up today."
"Aren't you grateful?"
"Should I be? You did what you said you would--don't you always do that?"
"Wait... why am I lucky?"
"You say you want to be valedictorian. You spent a month of class time working on this, so it's a grade. If you hadn't showed up, 'Bye bye 4.0.'"
"That's not fair!"
"No, the way you treated your cast-mates isn't fair. This is justice."
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