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So I did.

And when I was done, she handed me a blank piece of paper and told me to write down every word from the test.

And I did.

And she took the red marker and she marked 100 on the top.

And she said, next time if you take the test at your desk, I'll let you grade more papers with me.

So I did.

And I graduated from grading spelling papers to English composition.

And one day she said, you know, you're kind of good at this.

Do you think you might want to stay after school and tutor one of the other kids?

So I said, yes.

And then the St.

Brigid's after school tutoring club was born.

And it started with me with one girl by my side and then other students with other students by their sides.

And one afternoon, Miss Egan said that we should just have some fun instead of working.

So she took out these big sheets of art paper and said we could draw or paint whatever we liked.

So the girls started painting.

and drawing hills with flowers on them.

And the boys started doing the same with hills with army men and tanks on them.

And I started coloring my paper with all different colors of crayon, and then I covered it, started covering it with black paint.

And Masique came up and sat down and said, I don't understand, like, what is wrong here?