 Who Am I? Ern's 2460FUN
Oh gosh. I feel statements. Kale Trent had never been a big user of the word no (especially when yes could be such a fun and chaotic word), but after a summer of therapy he had learned that sometimes no could and should be a full sentence. And this mandatory therapy sesh was a big no.
It wasn't right to force kids to talk. So many of them had faced really scary stuff, and being vulnerable in a group setting just wasn't something everyone was capable of or comfortable with. B E S I D E S, treating it like a group exercise meant that addressing kids' trauma wasn't personal.
And that dumb lil voice, the one that had guided him last term when he saw things happening to his peers that he didn't like, spoke out loud, "I feel like its too late for the adults at this school to pretend they care about our health and well-being."
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