Jaime and Miss Judy
and Juan
When Jaime and David arrived for the first day of
kindergarten with all the other parents and children,
the room looked much different than it had when
they visited. The first and most obvious thing Jaime
noticed was the alphabet characters posted in a neat
row on one wall. When hed been in the room
before, the posters had capital letters and small
letters. Now a hand image was beneath each letter.
The other thing that was unavoidable to notice was
the chaos of thoughts flying around the room. He
couldnt tell who was thinking what and wished they
would all just be quiet. He put his hands over his
ears but that didnt do anything for the inside voices.
He repeated the sign to his father and then buried his
face against his fathers chest. It wasnt as effective
as sheltering in his mothers embrace, but it helped.
He was soon able to filter out all the intruding
thoughts.