"Alright kids! Join the circle!" Mrs. Suzy called to her class of kindergarteners. All the children scurried from their toys for open circle. Today was future job day.
"Ok Amanda you can go first!" The tiny blond girl stood up and ran to the stuffed animal section of the room. She came back with a big white dog.
"I wanna be a vet!" The class continued around the circle. There were firefighters, policemen, painters, soldiers and vet after vet after vet!
"Ok how about you Ian!" Ian was the "runt" of the class. He was shy and his hair practically weighed more than his body. He slowly rose up from the floor.
"Um...when...when I grow up I wanna make videos," Ian said slowly.
"Oh Ian whatever do you mean?" Mrs. Suzy asked. The entire class began to giggle. Sooner than later the subtle giggling became full blown laughter.
"That's so dumb!" Max mocked.
"Ian you're stupid!" Mikayla teased. Ian looked around at his classmates as he desperately tried to contain his tears.
"You'll never do that!" By this point Ian face was flooded with tear. Why were they being so mean to him? Finally Ian looked directly across the circle. The second smallest kid in the class was Anthony. He slowly got up from the floor. Once he was at full height the whole class was silent.
"I...I wanna make videos too," Anthony said quietly. Ian wiped away his tears and smiled at Anthony.
"Really?" Ian asked. The dark haired boy nodded back to him slowly.
"It will be fun."
