Elementary Genius

Yesterday morning I had breakfast with a friend of mine I've know from 4th grade. We were reminiscing and she told me a story about one of our first conversations. I don't remember this nor saying this but I could totally see myself saying this.

I was sitting, possibly at recess, with a book. She noticed I was just staring at the pages and not turning them. "You're not reading, you haven't turned a page."

I responded "Well, if I sit here and just look around, people will think I'm looking at them and ask me 'what are you looking at?' If I sit here and stare at the ground people will come to me as ask 'what are you looking at?' over and over. I look at a book so people think I'm reading and leave me alone."

That was fucking brilliant of me to say as a kid. In 4th grade I was ten or eleven, so I was young-ish. I dunno, this story amused me, so I decided to share.

Jasmine P.