"Thank you Mrs. Jackson. Hello all," she said and faint hellos were heard, "as Mrs. Jackson said, I am Bette Porter and I am the curator to the CAC. How many have been to the CAC?"

I looked around and most of my classmates had their hands raised. A lot of them stunned that Bette was here. I made a mental note, must get to the CAC.

"I see a lot of hands, brilliant. Well, when most people think of ‘art’ they think Van Gogh, Picasso, Rembrandt, or da Vinci. Not too many people think of photographers. I myself am an artist, always have been. But I think photography is art’s finest form of flattery. Photographers take pictures of moments in time. They capture things that we would have missed. A smile, a tear, happiness, saddness, love in it’s purest form."

She stops and looks at me and I sigh. I am so enamored with this woman. I think I have just fallen in love. Shit. No Kennard. I try to clear my mind of all things Bette Porter. But there she was, right in front of my whole class, teaching. She was writing on the board about photography. I really just wanted to run from the classroom.

"What about you Ms. Kennard," she asked.

"I’m sorry?"

"I was asking who your favorite photographer is."

"Oh, it’s a toss up between Ann Getty and Catherine Opie," I said and turned red when she smiled as we both recalled our talk at her house weeks ago.

"Great, Catherine Opie happens to be a good friend of mine. Alright, Mr. Tanner, you next" she said reading the name off the roster. I sat back and let out my sigh. Of all places for her to be she was in my classroom. She’s doing this on purpose.

"Ok before I run out of time. For your assignment, I want you to capture the essence of what it is to be a high school student. What makes this time of your life interesting. It can be a portrait, landscape, still life or even ‘paparazzi’, any style you want. I want originality. The top two students will be featured in a show at the CAC, in our Artists of Tomorrow show. I need eight to ten photos. It will count towards your final grade next semester."