If you think you're too small to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito.

If you think you're too small to be effective, you've never been in bed with a mosquito.

If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito.

Now she can stand up, if she holds onto the bed.

Edna has to be lifted out of bed and into her wheelchair and back. I can't do that.

She's aware that schools will be choosing, so she might lean toward work that will look good at a school.