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My children are funny and bad, wonderful and true delinquents. M's teacher informed me that she was giving out stickers for "first time listening" and that my daughter was the only one who had not gotten one. I was not surprised seeing as how she never "first time listens" to me- always too engrossed or uninterested in my requests. Her teacher added, "I do not think she cares either." Of course she does not, she is a smart ass and probably thinks not listening is worth losing a sticker. My son, after his outrage at the lameness of soccer class, told his teacher, one of my closest friends, who was making a chart about "our favorite things to do in the classroom" that his answer was "nothing." She continued to give him ideas about what he likes, does, anything that she could possibly list on the colorful chart, bur he just gave her his mischievous smile and said "nothing." That will make for an interesting entry on the cheerful classroom chart. On another note, I noticed him playing the drums with some cutlery the other day and said "J, you have rhythm, you should take drum classes." His response, "Ok, but first sign me up to be in a band."