Can You Say Conniving??

Every morning, I've been encouraging a tawny-haired first grade girl as she works at becoming more respectful to her peers. Specifically, her goal is to use kind words, as opposed to "snarky" ones, and according to her teacher's daily reports, she's improving rapidly! Because the child's efforts have been paying off, the teacher pulled her aside to let her know how much she admired and appreciated these newly pleasant words and behaviors. As part of this conversation, the teacher mentioned that it wouldn't be long until the fair-skinned little girl could "graduate" from having me come do daily check-ins. Directly after this private conversation, the child walked back to her desk and made a rude comment to her neighbor. "I can draw better than that," she said. Immediately, the little girl tucked her chin, cocked her head to the side, looked up at her teacher with raised eyebrows, and said, "NOW do I still get to see Miss Mimi?" Whoa...that's what I call a conniving female! I do have an update, though. This incident happened about a week and a half ago, and all last week the child's behavior was very positive. Therefore, I'll taper the visits to every other day and then fade them out altogether. Apparently quitting cold turkey isn't wise with this one!