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you think Trouble will stay away now?
Darnell:
Yeah.
Virginia:
Have you noticed if Tim has a friend?
Darnell:
No, we don’t like him – he’s weird.
Virginia:
So, Trouble is talking you into thinking Tim is weird, huh? I wonder
how that feels to Tim – what do you think?
Darnell:
I don’t know – maybe lonely.
Virginia:
Hm, lonely – you could be right. Do you think you could help today
with that?
Darnell:
Yeah.
Darnell rejoined his group, and overheard him say to Tim: Wanna be recorder?
The rest of the class time (50 minutes) went smoothly. The above exchange I had
with Darnell took a total of about three minutes. For the remainder of the class,
he was kind, helpful, and cooperative. He seemed to actually enjoy working on
the lesson. I saw him in the hallway at the end of the school day, talking with two
other boys, about 20 feet away from me. I called to him.
Virginia:
Hey, Darnell – thank you.
He looked up and grinned.
Virginia:
Do you know what I mean?
“It’s Taken Care Of”: A Collaborative Effort by a Student and a Teacher to Keep Trouble out of the Classroom
Journal of Contemporary Narrative Therapy, May 2026 Release, p. 9-24.
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