School for behavioral problems. 13 years old.
Upon receipt:
Not studying, hanging around and doing nothing, severe violence, unable to see the other.
I'm supposed to work with him two hours a week, teach him to read and write. He'll work on you, they said, he'll seem so sweet to you.
They were right. Truly captivating.
And this is what one of the reversals looks like with me:
Give me the phone for a moment, I'll just show you something and give it back.
I give, he smiles, grabs and runs away. The assistant chases him through every school.
Then the teacher says to me, "Didn't you learn that you shouldn't believe him?"
So I meet this forbidden one.
We got a nice room to sit in.
Tell me, what would you like to be when you grow up?
He ignores the question and says, "Can I show you something on the phone for a moment?"
Mmmmm… that's how I am.
What are you worried about? I promise not to kidnap.
Thank you, that's how I am, I just believed it last time too, but it's important for me to continue believing.
Yes, yes, don't worry, believe me.
I gave it to him. He took it, typed a few letters, and asked me to read.
Aaaaahhhh
Well, I say with a smile, there you are again with your nonsense. Here I am calling you.
He laughs.
You remember I told you about the boy who learned to read through the Book of Psalms, right?
Yes, yes, I remember.
So you know I go around thinking that if you agreed to study with me, how happy I would be if you read. But right after that I tell myself, you're not him.
You're right, he says. He has piercing black eyes.
The way you look at me with your eyes. You know I love you, right?
Yes, I feel it.
So if I ask you what you would like to do that you love, say tomorrow, or when you grow up...
Nothing, he says.
And can I suggest things to you?
Great.
Gardener? No.
A computer guy? No.
Teacher? No.
A horse riding instructor? No.
Enough, I gave up.
Okay, I'll tell you. I love magic.
Wow, thank God!
Here I will show you.
Gently he takes a pencil. Is that possible? The penetrating gaze again.
Stay focused. Here the pencil will become flexible.
Beautiful!!!
Now the same thing, 'Look. Puts the pencil in the nose and takes it out of the mouth. But I don't show this magic to children, it's magic that can be unpleasant to look at.
Wow, that's right, it's pretty disgusting with your nose like that, it seems like it goes deep into your brain, that's how I am.
Laughing.
Right?
This is great magic!! Now bring me a bill and a coin.
I take it out of my wallet.
He folds it gently. The coin is gone. Did you notice?
Walla.
Can you go to the staff room for a moment and get me a glass? Don't worry, I'm just coming with you, not going in.
Come, wait.
Shows me how a coin penetrates.
Now you, without much movement, and don't touch the table.
Closed, not breathing.
I'll show you how it happens. He cups his hand, puts a coin in it, and pretends to be holding the glass from above.
No one now knows you have anything there, he explains, you just show the coin in your other hand, under a glass. Now, did you notice?
The coin plaque (as if) penetrates the glass from below, when in fact it releases the one in the concave hand above.
Wow, huge!!
If you do this magic, you will look calm like me and focused only on the magic.
In magic, you have to be focused and work slowly, and also repeat many times, practicing until you succeed.
Walla? Even what they let me do with you in reading and writing is exactly like that.
Oh, you're right. So would you like me to show you more magic tricks? Or should we take it off YouTube?
I would love to, but!!
but what?
The purpose of our meetings is reading and writing. We talked about it before we started. You agreed. I'm getting paid for it. And I promised you we'd find a way.
It's okay, you know I already read, I just don't have the nerve with the little ones' books.
Obviously, there are no books for little ones, just what interests you. There's a website called Eureka, I was told about it, a little written, and then YouTube videos of magic. What do you mean?
Believe me, this is a great idea. Next time, will you bring a computer? And every time we make a list of things needed for the magic!
You will do it.
Okay, I'll do it.
This is the notebook. I hand it to him. Write on it: My magic notebook.
You tell me the letters.
I dictated and he wrote in beautiful letters.
Another child with behavioral disorders who turned around, who refined himself.
Shamedan from and to.