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Show Of course, she could transfer out and admit that a mistake had been made. But that would only humiliate her further in front of Isabel and Elizabeth and the entire class. Had it not been for the fact that Isabel and Elizabeth were in the class, she might have been able to get away with reporting on dancing. But when they were twice as good as she in ballet, she could hardly call that her special gift. If she were exceptionally bright she could have reported on anything-like space or science-and done all right, but she wasn't an MGM student like Mimi, and Mrs. Parker would spot that fact in a second. It wouldn't have been so bad if Mrs. Parker had given her time to think about a topic. Maybe in a week or two she could have come up with something. But right then and there, that very day, girls began volunteering their subjects. At first, Kim thought to herself, I'll just tell Mrs. Parker I need more time to think about it. But one girl after the other began volunteering her topic, Mrs. Parker just fell into going around the class nodding at each girl. "Classical piano," offered a day student with braces. "I'm having a concert in the recital hall next month." 60 |
