Two students were working on their fiction piece this morning when I stopped in for a quick conference. "We're working on the character of the antagonist," one told me.
"Tell me what you have so far," I said.
"It's the evil skating coach," her partner said.
"Yeah," agreed the first student, "and we want to her to have a name that sounds really mean. She's pretty old, too, like maybe your age."
Her partner gasped, then quickly recovered. "I think she means upper middle-aged," she corrected.
Oh yeah, that's much better!
"Tell me what you have so far," I said.
"It's the evil skating coach," her partner said.
"Yeah," agreed the first student, "and we want to her to have a name that sounds really mean. She's pretty old, too, like maybe your age."
Her partner gasped, then quickly recovered. "I think she means upper middle-aged," she corrected.
Oh yeah, that's much better!
Pretty old. Hmmm. you could have said, but "I'm not old." Remember what I'm talking about?
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