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[fiddlestick]

Elliot Craig

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[motiv8]

Yeah, maybe!

[Dear god, he hopes not.]

It's got to be pretty awkward opening up to your teacher, too. Maybe someone else will have a better chance... or you might even be able to forge a better connection once she's, you know, not relying on you for a grade. We'll just have to see what happens!

Haha, well, at least I admit it? But still... if she's as good a student as you say, I wonder what you're throwing at her that's too much of a challenge?

[Rean has not considered s o l o s.]

[fiddlestick]

You mean once she graduates in a few years? Yeah...I think it'd be best to hope she finds someone else to open up to. But who knows, at least this app might give her a chance to connect with more people like her.

[Oh, that]

It's the music performances. We have to put on a few every year to basically justify funding the music department to the schoolboard. [It's bullshit, he knows it. But jumping through hoops is what teaching is all about.] Emma's one of our best singers so she'll often get solos, but she hates doing them.

[motiv8]

...Okay, good point.

[But as for the reason Emma dislikes him:]

Oh, I see... she's shy. Yeah, I can't imagine I'd want to take the spotlight like that, either. Maybe if you want to highlight her talent but make her feel a little better, you can put her in a trio or something? Something where she's at least not feeling like she's alone and everyone's focused on her.

[fiddlestick]

[That's a thoughtful and sweet suggestion. Elliot pauses, as if he's thinking it over, before giving a thoughtful and eloquent reply:]

Nope.

[motiv8]

[...💧]

Well, I tried.

[fiddlestick]

Haha, sorry.

If she absolutely refused to do it, I'd back off. But kids need to be challenged to help them grow and learn how to face obstacles. With most of my students, the challenge comes from the homework and the exams. But with someone as academically talented as her, the solos are her worthy opponent.

[spongebob voice] THREE THOUSAND YEARS LATER

[motiv8]

That does actually seem fair, when you put it that way... I hadn't really thought of that.

I've kind of vaguely considered education as a potential pathway, but I don't know if I'd make a very good teacher, especially talking to you. I think I'd be too concerned about what my students thought of me than actually pushing them the way they need.

[fiddlestick]

Hey, c'mon now. I think you'd be a great teacher! You've always been really good at guiding and being patient with people.

And it's not like I started my first day of teaching knowing this stuff. I had to learn on the job. The first few months were rough.