Dear Grant Hello my name is Edwin and your situation is one case never seen before. Your student is not himself. You must look at the situation from his point of view. He is a 21 year old male and was given the death penalty for a crime he was accused of. He has not seen life yet and his life will consist of nothing but a cell. Turning a boy into a man is not easy but can be done. He is acting like a hog only because someone called him a hog this shows his mind is easily influenced, so use reverse psychology. They broke him mentally but you can build him back up. Time is not on your side so a question to ask yourself is if I was him what would I want a teacher to teach me? Show him the love he lost for himself, show him the respect he lost for himself, and show him the outcome of becoming a man.
Ben C. Rain High School.