“The teacher points at a desk at the back of the classroom and interrogates the new pupil from her podium:

'What are you doing, Carrington?

'Drawing horses!

She is immediately moved to the front row, where a strict eye is kept on her.

'Why do you insist upon being different?' the Mother Superior reprimands her.

'It's just that I am different.

The teacher complains: She forgets everything and is distracted by anything, as much at play as at work.” #Leonora by Elena Poniatowska #bookstr