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Lithos

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6. Agreed

Reply to Wiz Imp (Reply #4)

Fri Feb 27, 2026, 07:07 PM

22 hrs ago

I'm sure that was a detail my teacher was not aware of. TBH, I can see why Elton was uniquely able to see his talent. This was 6th grade after all. It was also Austin, Texas, and at the time, they had pulled all 6 graders into special 6th-grade-only magnets. (Failed experiment, but that's another story) I am fairly sure she was just an elementary school music teacher who was being asked to do extra-duty and was over her head. Time adds perspective.

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