Start 'Em Young, I Say

This, I bet, is going to be one of the most aww-inspiring stories you'll read today:

Kindergarten K-State fan refuses to color Jayhawk mascot despite teacher’s ire
By Cameron Smith | Prep Rally

A Kansas kindergartner has emerged as an unlikely viral sensation thanks to her devout adherence to her parents' alma mater, Kansas State.

As reported in detail at Lost Lettermen and the Kansas City Star, 5-year-old Emma Burton of Olathe, Kan., refused to participate in a class coloring assignment when she and her classmates were told to color in a Jayhawk, the mascot of the University of Kansas. The coloring exercise was part of the kindergarten class' celebration of the state of Kansas.

However, Emma wouldn't comply with her teacher's instructions. Instead, according to her mother -- Bug Bytes blogger Julie Burton -- the four-foot tall tot brazenly refused to color the Jayhawk on the grounds that she doesn't like the University of Kansas. She took the Jayhawk sheet she had been handed, walked up to her teacher and asked for a Powercat (the mascot of Kansas State) to color. When Burton was told there weren't any Powercats to color, she threw the Jayhawk in the trash.

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Cute, right?

In these parts we don't usually hear about stories like that. About the only thing I've come across in recent memory is the Assumption College elementary student who was teased in school for her Ateneo Blue Eagles fandom.