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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBreak time: What were YOU doing when you were nine years old?
I was watching Mighty Mouse.
This kid.....
MLAA
(17,165 posts)Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)The better shows are there. The talent is not bad and every now and then.....
This kid.....
Xipe Totec
(43,872 posts)It could punch a hole 1" through a folding metal table and knock half the enamel off in the process.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,280 posts)and inventing interesting countries with lots of maps. The very idea of singing in public would have caused me to die instantly of prospective stage fright.
Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)Her stage presence is another.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,280 posts)I had a good voice when I was nine (and still do), but had, and still have, the stage presence of a small, frightened rodent. I am amazed at kids who have enough confidence to perform like that.
nuxvomica
(12,364 posts)I thought I was the only one.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,280 posts)I still love maps, they fascinate me.
malaise
(267,821 posts)Truly amazing - that kid can sing
Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)That's why I watch Youtube clips some.
This kid amazed me. Doesn't act spoiled either.
malaise
(267,821 posts)3catwoman3
(23,818 posts)...for the umpteenth time.
Solly Mack
(90,740 posts)Telling little boys who were holding up a single finger and saying "Sit on my finger" that they could sit on mine instead. Teacher caught me saying it back to a boy named Dexter and she told my mother. My mother laughed. Told me to keep standing up against such things.
Yes, it was a thing for little boys to do that in my school at the time.
Opting out of reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.
Refusing to be shamed by my 3rd grade teacher who was big on shaming kids into her idea of acceptable behavior.
But nothing as cool as that little girl.
Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)Your mother was just as cool!
Solly Mack
(90,740 posts)what that little girl has done..not at 9 and not now.
She's awesome!
grantcart
(53,061 posts)Solly Mack
(90,740 posts)marybourg
(12,540 posts)and everything thing else needed. She was already singing at weddings, bar mitzvahs and store openings. I was sure she had a wonderful career ahead of her. But I never heard of her again. Marie G. from the Bronx, elementary school class of '55, where are you?
LeftInTX
(24,554 posts)John Thompson's "Teaching Little Fingers How to Play"
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Had one of those orange safety flags on a six foot fiberglass pole and one of those handlebar grips that made a motorcycle noise when you revved it. There might even have been some playing cards hitting the spokes. I tell ya, I was beyond cool.
oasis
(49,151 posts)Vinca
(50,170 posts)Aristus
(66,095 posts)All the other guys were at the 'girls=ick!' stage. I had them all to myself.
I was torn between good girl Sandra Hicks, and bad girl Sheri Rizzo.
Mrs. Overall
(6,839 posts)in school we had little newspapers that had simple to read articles on current events. LOVED all of the China coverage.
I certainly wasn't singing with golden buzzer confetti.