The first-grader was shuffling through his school papers when he stumbled across it: the test he had been taking last month when he got so angry that he had punched another student in the face.
In an ordinary classroom, the memories evoked by the finding could have triggered another outburst, furthering the damage while distracting the teacher and class.
The boy was in no ordinary classroom on this recent afternoon, however. He was in a special Spring Branch Independent School District program for students showing signs of mental illness, and the teacher, a licensed social worker, knew exactly what to do.
“Do you want to be that guy?” she asked. “Because we’ve met you. You have a heart of gold.”
“I don’t want to be a bully,” the boy said.
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