Johnny Appleseed is a 6-year old Korean kid with a mullet. As you can imagine, he's the greatest. He can't speak a word of English, but nevertheless J.A. never fails to have an enormous grin across his ridiculous, mulleted head. Whenever you address him as merely "Johnny," he and the rest of the class rightfully protests with cries of "Johnny Applesee-eeed!!" When you finally say his full name, he lights up with that grin of his, and looks around at his classmates, completely ignoring whatever reason it was you addressed him in the first place.
Larry is an extremely shy kid at first. He would not speak to me, and would actually hide from me. But by the end of my first week, he was following me around everywhere and feeling my beard. Although I've since gotten rid of my beard, he still wants to feel my hair whenever possible. One day I noticed that he had his nails painted. I asked him about it and he laughed as he does about most things. Larry speaks English very well for his age, but I've only ever heard him speak it on the phone. In class and at school, he almost never talks. He lives with his grandparents, and other teachers speculate that his grandfather might hit him.
Sara and Angela love me. They run up to me and hold my hand whenever they can. If another student tries to hold my hand, they will fight them. It's adorable, but too much. They are my favorites, but I don't want everyone else to know.
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