One of my long-ago first-grade girls had a charming way of congratulating her friends when they solved a math problem, or read aloud "with expression," or did anything at all she deemed noteworthy. Invoking her favorite cartoon character, Yogi Bear, she would say, "Smarter than the av-er-age kid." It was cute. It was generous. It was kind. It was funny. And it reminded me that she herself was smarter than the av-er-age kid. My judgment...
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