Yes, leave the kid alone. Put her lunch in the frig. Let her go out to play with nothing else to eat. In two or three hours she’ll like macamoni a lot better.
Sorry folks, Nate is wrong, Mrs Godfrey is right. It is NOT Nates place to be an adult, greeting Mrs. Gofrey as his equil with ill-disguised hostil cheerfulness. It is Nates place to be a child, respecting his teacher, to take his seat and to listen, follow instructions and LEARN, which he is very capable of if he only tried. He’d soon enough have Mrs Godfey charmed.
I feel sorry for Nate and any like him. I was always glad when school was out in the spring and just as glad when it started in the fall. New school supplies were a delight. Not a big box of broken crayons, but a little box of whole crayons, all perfectly pointed. and a shiny new lunchbox, maybe with a tray or even a thermos jar (soon lost or broken.). And new white paste that smelled good and even tasted good if you licked your tongue across its new smooth surface. Kids like Nate who make themselves miserable over the inevitable are pathetic.
Yes, leave the kid alone. Put her lunch in the frig. Let her go out to play with nothing else to eat. In two or three hours she’ll like macamoni a lot better.