🎂 “My Birthday Is a Federal Deadline”

 

🎂 “My Birthday Is a Federal Deadline”

– A 5-Year-Old’s Bold Negotiation Strategy

It was a normal Wednesday in Ms. Harper’s kindergarten class.
Glue sticks were uncapped.
Crayons were everywhere.
And the alphabet song was already sung three times before 10AM.

Then came the moment Ms. Harper had been dreading:

“Okay, friends! Let’s collect your homework from yesterday!”

Which, to be clear, was just coloring the number 7.
In any color.
With any effort.
Basically: “Do something on paper.”

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😇 The Problem

That’s when Lila Rose, a sparkly-shoed, sticker-loving, opinionated 5-year-old, raised her hand like a lawyer about to cross-examine a witness.

“Excuse me, Ms. Harper,” she said calmly.
“I will not be turning in my homework today.”

Ms. Harper blinked.
This was the same child who once cried because her glue stick was “too spicy.”

“Oh? Why not, sweetie?”

Lila stood up, cleared her throat, and declared:

“Because my homework is due on my birthday.
That’s the rule.”

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🤯 The Logic (??)

Ms. Harper: “Whose rule is that?”
Lila: “Mine.”
Ms. Harper: “But... your birthday is in April.”
Lila: “Exactly.”

She smiled sweetly, like she’d just solved world peace.

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🧠 Her Full Argument

“I only do homework when I’m older.
On my birthday, I’ll be six.
Six-year-olds do real work.
I’m still five. I only color when I feel inspired.”

And then she added:

“Also, I was busy watching Bluey.
That’s research.”

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👩‍🏫 The Response

Ms. Harper, now emotionally dizzy, just… nodded.

She gave Lila a sticker that said “Nice Try”
and wrote in her logbook:

“Lila is either a future Supreme Court justice… or a cult leader.”

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🧁 The Twist

Fast-forward to April.

Lila’s birthday arrived.

She walked into class in a tiara and glitter cape, handed in her homework (a perfectly colored number 7), and said:

“As promised.
Deadline met.”

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🎓 Moral of the Story?

Deadlines are negotiable.
Especially if you’re cute, confident, and armed with glitter.

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