Grammy-winning dancehall superstar Sean Paul was "that kid" in school. .
This is the student who doesn't pay attention in English class. When he's called upon by the teacher, he doesn't know the answer to the question. But, here's the thing -- though Sean Paul or "that kid" wasn't paying attention to the lesson or even to his teacher Mrs. Maine, Mrs. Maine was paying attention to him. She watched his fingers tapping, his knee bumping, and saw how his mind was keeping time with an unheard music, playing only in his head. His body was responding to a different form of reading, pentameter, poetry, and lyrical writing. She didn't fail him. Instead she did something much much harder.
When Mrs. Maine called Sean Paul a "loud mouth dude," she followed it with a challenge. She encouraged him to participate in an upcoming school play. He accepted not knowing that he was beginning his career as a performer who would one day become the most successful jamaican musician of all time in the US.
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Jeremy
