The class was silent as Mrs. Calamari stated the instructions for the water temperature project. All the students seemed intrigued by the project and wanted to start as quickly as possible, except for one. Tallulah sat in the back row, doodling away like she always did, not paying attention to the teacher.

Tallulah was the slowest in the class and whenever there were groups she was picked last because she always lagged behind. All of a sudden the classroom became deafening as all the students got out of their seats and started talking to their friends. Tallulah then realized that the groups were posted on the board and they were finding their groups.
(PICTURE OF THE BOARD WITH THE GROUPS)

Great. Tallulah was with the two fastest kids in the class, Sid the Swordfish and Marty the marlin. She wanted to help …show more content…
I’m really good at drawing and I will make sure I have them done by the deadline.”
“Well, Marty was already planning on doing the pictures so you can do one of them and he can do the rest,” said Sid, Although Tallulah could tell he didn’t want her to do any of it.
Nevertheless, Tallulah nodded and walked back to her seat, thinking about what she was going to draw about.

Later that day when Tallulah and her parents were eating dinner she couldn’t stop thinking about how she only got to draw one picture.
“What’s wrong?” asked Tallulah’s dad.
“I am in a group project with the fastest kids in the class and they are only letting me do one picture for our project that lasts a whole week.”
“Well,” says Tallulah’s mom, “Why don’t you get that picture done tonight so you can prove that you work hard. Then they will let you do more in the days to come.”
Tallulah thought that was a great idea. After finishing eating she went straight to her room and started working without delay.

“Wow, that is a great picture, Tallulah,” said Marty the next day at school, “I’m not even halfway done with