Reading through this book, it reminded of what school is like today. In schools people often think that every child is supposed to be the same and every activity will benefit all children. That is not the case. Each child has a different background, a different mindset, and in Red's case, a different way of learning. He often immediately label a student as "on grade level" or "below grade level" the second we meet them. It's awful that we live in a society that does this, but we think for standardized testing, this will benefit them. Every student is going to benefit from something, with or without a label. We, as teachers, need to find what that is. We need to spend more time getting to know our students rather than labeling and testing them. I read this book with the perspective of the classroom. When I read the quote, "I'll draw a red strawberry, then you draw a red strawberry. You can do this. Really!" I thought about how many times I've heard teachers say this to students. They think that repetition will lead them to knowing the information. Students need to create their own ideas to learn. I kept reading this wanting to fix what was being said. I thought it would be better to say, "I want you to draw something for me." Giving them the opportunity to find themselves rather than giving them a specific prompt will help them understand themselves better. Teachers also believe the best way for students to find their true colors is to mix them with other students. When they tried to put yellow with Red, they thought the mix would fix him. People still aren't seeing that something is different with Red. People will blame student's success on anything other than what the true problem is. People will talk, but they won't want to fix. They will say things like, "give him time. He'll catch on." Teachers believe that time or giving the responsibility to someone else is what will fix them. You can see the anger Red has on this spread as he's independently trying to figure out who he is.