☂ things unlikely & desirable | writing by 李杏

title: "Does this look infected to you?'
genre: nonfiction
community: therealljidol
prompt: Exhibit B: Week 4: "does this look infected to you?"
word count: 573
rating: G
summary: I fell into a hole and skinned my leg. It was a teachable moment.
notes: all of the stories in this "collection" are about my first grade students; names and other details have been changed to protect their privacy (and mine), but the stories are otherwise true.

( I know Nadya well enough to know that she can't resist something gross. It's a trait I try to encourage in her. )

title: First Grade Fashion Advice
genre: nonfiction
community: therealljidol
prompt: Exhibit B: Week 8: smells like rubbing alcohol
word count: 832
rating: G
summary: My students have a lot of opinions about things, especially my looks. Damn kids say the darndest things.

( It's not every day someone compares your hair to a natural disaster. )

title: Tag, You're It!
genre: nonfiction
community: therealljidol
prompt: Exhibit B: Week 10: all that jazz
word count: 989
rating: G
summary:  I never used to like kids, but then I realized something…
notes: this intersects with eeyore_grrl's entry, beneath the surface.

( 'They can tell I'm secretly one of them.' )

title: Teacups
genre: nonfiction
community: therealljidol
prompt: Exhibit B: Week 5: it's not tacky if you wear it well
word count: 954
rating: G
summary: Conversations, in two languages, with family, friends, and teachers about my father's death.

( 'What kind of person is your father?' )