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I gave Kate her very first spelling test today. She got a 100% on her long e words, so I put a sticker on her paper. She was excitedly telling Justin about her perfect score this evening. He told her that his spelling was never that good, so he never got a sticker on his paper. In turn, she told him that when he finishes his dissertation that she'll give him a sticker to put on it. He told Kate that there will probably be a misspelled word somewhere in his dissertation. She looked at him thoughtfully, reached out her hand, placing it on his shoulder, and said, "That's okay, you can still have a star."