On her way to bed, The Kid mentioned in disgust that she had received an award at school today, for "fitting in and making new friends." She feels insulted.
"It's not exactly a hard thing to do," she said. "Well I guess it's hard for shy people, but if they've worked hard to make friends then they've already had their reward, haven't they? Friends, and being happy. They don't need a stupid certificate up on the school wall, like the teachers are saying to everyone, 'We didn't think she could do it.' They didn't even ask me if it was OK to stick it up."
And she hasn't even read Alfie Kohn.
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