Dear Charles #16,

today i met with esther to continue our math lessons. it's been going as usual...she sasses me, i don't take any of her crap, i pretend i remember how to add fractions and she gives me a hard time for not remembering how because i'm, "american, and i should know how"
so today i was trying to explain a problem to her, to break it down so that we could both understand it better, and she talked herself out of it telling me she "so knows how to do this, this is for babies" so i said in a teasing tone "ok, you can do it by yourself, if you don't want to be respectful towards me then i guess you don't need my help" and i faked a big reaction, turning myself around, putting my arms over my chest and sighing loudly...
a few minutes later esther, the 8 year old, puts her hand on my shoulder and says "ok, if you really want me to respect you then i guess i can. will you help me miss anna?"

haha. shes funny sometimes.