The assignment today was to write about a perfect day-their perfect day-one gal was so tired from being out all night that she could barely stay awake much less write. Another was unable to concentrate because of an impending fight that he won't talk about. The rest varied from the first time he tasted Pepsi, to a birthday dinner unattended by his father, to a wonderful weekend with her grandfather where the sun filtered beautifully through the clouds.
     I had a few heart to hearts as well, one about poking another child with a needle intended for an art project, another about turning the teacher's comments into sexually explicit jokes, and one about the fact that forging a teacher's signature on his behavior tracker had earned him a detention. He, the forger, took the news like a big boy-no arguing or lying-that was a first!