Instead, they are cheerful, pretty, great, fun, crazy, smart, helpful, caring, playful, artistic, open-minded, musical, independent, energetic, funny, fantastic, excellent, talkative, polite, confident, enthusiastic, sociable, good, lucky, shy, balanced, tolerant, fashionable, neat, pleasant, reflective, generous, friendly, speedy, handsome, knowledgeable, beautiful, happy, creative, intelligent, kind, incredible, perfect, toguth, curious, strong, brave, principled, … you name it, anything BUT “nice”.

Max said, “Nice is a nothing word. It means nothing. It says nothing.” So, remember, second graders are NOT nice. We have lots of other adjectives to describe them.