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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Longest it took...

I was in a "study hall" type class in fourth grade. The teacher ran out of material after a couple weeks. So she decided to read The Hobbit out loud to the class while we worked on homework, other quiet activities, or slept. Really, don't give her problems, won't be problems.

I had already started The Hobbit on my own. At the time it was considered college level reading, so not too shabby. So, I continued reading (first time on The Hobbit) and finished WAY before the rest of the class listened. Because duh, a quick mental reader VS a teacher doing voices? No shit, Sherlock.

A girl who sat next to me (assigned seating) brushed the hair out of her eyes, blinked expressively a few times with direct eye contact, and said I must be "one of those cool nerds;" I suppose because I finished before Bilbo left the Shire.

It took me until college to realize. I vaguely remember considering her "kinda cute." I could have, and in the future sure did, worse.