heads of the colored people by nafissa thompson spires

All I wanted to emphasize is that I understand why a girl in Fatima’s position and one with her background would make up such stories. I never expected so much defensiveness when I wrote my original letter. How lucky for you (and for Christinia) that she has access to psychotherapy through your practice. It is true that liars who start young often end up with psychological and social problems of the sort that Christinia has demonstrated over the past year. Is Christinia going? If so, I hope you will encourage her to play nice. She’s going to a sleepover at Emily’s this weekend. I appreciate your concerns about Fatima, and even though Christinia has made it much more difficult for her to find friends at Westwood, Fatima will acclimate soon. I’m absolutely sure that Fatima wouldn’t tell stories about Christinia, the hamsters, or the microwave incident if they weren’t based on something Christinia had said first. And unlike Christinia, she has no history of running off with other girls’ shoes while their feet dangle from the monkey bars. Fatima has a strong imagination and writes beautiful lyric poetry-which she started reading at age four-but she does not have a history of lying or telling gruesome stories. Many of Fatima’s stories about Christinia this year and last-which I won’t recount here-have been disturbing to say the least, but none as disturbing as Christinia’s enjoyment of torturing rodents. Fatima says she only repeated what Christinia herself told her. It was Renee Potts who claimed that Fatima started the rumor. Watson, who made it very clear that she never heard Fatima say a thing about Christinia or her dead hamster(s). Thank you for writing to me, though I have already spoken with Mrs. I apologize for my late reply, but I only found your letter at the bottom of Fatima’s backpack when I did my weekly cleaning. Children who start lying young often end up with longtime patterns of dishonesty.Įvents Coordinator, Jack and Jill, Claremont Branch It sounds-and I say this respectfully, so I hope you won’t be offended-like Fatima has had a very hard time getting acclimated here, and that’s understandable, but I do hope you will deal with her before any such incidents become frequent. What kind of child would make up something like that? At no time has Chrissy ever put Hambone or any of her previous hamsters in the microwave, dryer, or dishwasher. It is true that Christinia’s hamster died recently, but it is absolutely not true that it died at Chrissy’s hand. I hope to clear this up, as we both know how ugly these things can get.

Watson that Fatima may have started a nasty rumor about my Christinia. It has been brought to my attention by Mrs. I’m sure you remember me from the class field trip to the Getty in September. Nafissa Thompson-Spires reads an excerpt of the story 'Belles Lettres,' from her debut story collection, Heads of the Colored People, published by 37 INK in April.

Heads of the colored people by nafissa thompson spires