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Con versations Taletta Jones
“What school do you go to?” “What shows do you like?” What's your social security number... I don’t know how else I'm supposed to relate? You don't want to talk. Maybe just look at me with a weird face. I know you're feeling the same as me, wondering what to say to get you talking. I'm just trying to make being here easy to stand but no one wants to have these con versations.
Con versations
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Words exchanged like money or the pass of a ball. It's your turn now.
No wonder we can’t make the ball across the net when our words can't even make it past our lips. Words hit the net. Stopped from the play of the “game. ”
Is there another way? THINK of SOMETHING! Nerves and tension take over. No more words
Passing. No, no, no! Silence... The buzzer in your head. *ball dropping sound* It's over… Another chance lost at these con versations.
But you can’t give up. GO. Fetch the ball. Fetch your words. Don't let words hit the ground again in these con versations.
Taletta Jones, Grade 8 Lake Harriet Upper School, Minneapolis Teaching Artist, Frank Sentwali
