I have this student, part 3

I do not remember the last time Sabine spoke in class. She’s one of the youngest and smallest in my 5eme class and tends to stick with the people she knows. I accidentally make her cry once last year when a rearrangement of her 6eme class put her in the back where she couldn’t see the board and I couldn’t see her. 

But, on the soccer field, she comes alive.

Wherever the ball is, she isn’t far off.  When there’s a skirmish, she’s in the middle of it. She’s responsible for two of the four goals that have ever been scored during our scrimmages.

Turns out, to get her to talk, all you have to do is put a soccer ball at her feet.