I hope they are pleased and proud of their achievement -- and of a skill they can hone as they wish. Now, if they just thump enough men in the class, they won't hesitate if they ever need to protect themselves.
There is some invisible line that gets crossed in my head from processing a young person as an "older kid" to processing her as a "younger adult." Apparently Fiona crossed that line between last time you posted pictures and now. Or maybe it was earlier than that and I'm forgetting.
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Date: 2006-11-01 07:10 am (UTC)Well-placed confidence is a good thing.
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Date: 2006-11-01 06:09 pm (UTC)