The call came during second period: a student refused to take off his hat. That student was Jaden, a quiet eighth grader who usually followed every rule. But today, he sat slouched in my office, hat pulled low, silent. When I asked why, he finally whispered, “They laughed at me.” He’d gotten a bad haircut—uneven,…
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