First Grade

     I changed schools in first grade. I don't remember it being traumatic. I do remember liking my teacher. She had a caterpillar that we built around the room. Every time you read a book, she gave you a circle of paper. I wrote my name and the title of the book on the circles/segments. I learned in the first grade just how competitive I was. I counted my circles every day. I wanted to have the most. If someone got close to my number, that just made me read more. I guess this was not the stage in which I read for pleasure.