"When I Grow Up" It’s an ordinary day in my 5th grade classroom, relaxed even, which is as rare as unicorns. Expecting clever answers, I ask the kids, one-by-one, what they want to be when they grow up: nurse teacher (like you Ms. Lake) pilot monkey trainer pizza taster video game maker football player… I reach the last child, Leo, not sure if he will talk; the thin brown-haired boy often sits, arms hugging his legs, his dark eyes wide and wary. So, Leo, I say, keeping my voice light, what would you like to be when you grow up? Safe, he says. I sit with his answer the rest of my life.
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