Second Chances: The Lesson That Switched Lives

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Hello, and welcome back to another episode of Laugh While You Scream with me,
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your wonderful, amazing host, Robin Bagayoko.
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Thank you guys so much for joining once again. And as always,
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we are now reading short, scary stories from Reddit.
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It is another wonderful, beautiful, sunshiny day here in Georgia,
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and I'm very glad that you guys can join me once again to listen to another short horror story.
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Thank you so much for coming back. I really appreciate it. I will work on some visuals for you guys.
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I know everybody's visual, you know, everybody likes to see things as they hear
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things, and I'm working on stuff one by one, little by little, okay?
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Bear with me, please, and thank you so kindly.
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All right, once again, today's OP is C.
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Benson, 1273. We have had stories from C. Benson before.
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I like the writer C. Benson, tends to write very good stories.
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Also, like Forgotten Wales, they're one of my top writers on the short scary stories part of Reddit.
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And I really appreciate them. They work hard.
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They make sure there are stories that are able to be read. And I really appreciate
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people like this that are doing this to keep people entertained at little or no cost to you.
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And I don't think they're being compensated enough. Okay, so we'll figure out
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something for the future.
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Either way, let's read today's story, which says every student deserves a second
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chance. What do you guys think?
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Based on this title, let's just get into that. Let's just get into that topic.
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Every student deserving a second chance.
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Especially if you weren't messing up. You were being pretty,
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turning in all your assignments, doing well, and you just fell off by the wayside a little bit.
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Everybody deserves a second chance on everything, depending on what it is.
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Depending on what it is. Let's see what C. Benson is talking about today,
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shall we? Shall we get into it? You guys ready? Now here we go.
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All right, children, let's get started for the day. I look over my current class.
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Thirteen children ready to learn and move on to the next phase.
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My job was to get them ready for what comes after they leave the classroom.
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I sighed. They were clearly unprepared. Another wonderful day at St.
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Matilda's Home for Troubled Children. I had my work cut out for me.
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Today's lesson will be on empathy. Has anyone ever heard that term?
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One student nodded. Very good, Madison. What do you think empathy is? Silence.
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Empathy is being able to put yourself in someone else's shoes to understand what they're feeling.
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For example, if you see someone who looks sad, maybe you can remember a time
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when you were sad and understand what they're going through. Does that make sense?
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Thirteen students nodded.
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A burst of laughter interrupted, and I looked over to see the source.
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It was them, the other class we had to share the room with,
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13 juvenile delinquents, all guilty of crimes, theft, assault,
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that promised even more depravity as they grew older.
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There was nothing at all redeeming about them. I shuddered to think of the damage
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and suffering they'd caused later in life.
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St. Matilda's motto was, every child deserves a second chance.
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Not for the first time. I wondered if that was really true.
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You see those children across the room?
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They're what happens when you have no empathy, when you give no thought to the
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feelings or suffering of others.
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You don't want to turn out like them, do you?
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Thirteen children shook their heads. Good. I know that you have a bright future ahead of you.
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Let's move on to the next lesson.
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The day proceeded with other subjects.
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I followed my lesson plan precisely to maximize their learning in the time available.
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We covered the basics, math, English, history, as well as key skills like the
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basics of fine muscle coordination and how to integrate into a new environment.
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After a couple of hours, we were nearing the end of the morning session.
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Suddenly, I heard a trunk and an exclamation.
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I looked to the other side of the shared classroom.
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The teacher was standing there, rubbing the back of his head,
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with a notebook on the ground and several students snickering.
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The teacher looked out at his class, furious.
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Which one of you did that? I think the notebook just flew across the room by itself, Mr.
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Wilkins, said one of the students.
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The rest all tried unsuccessfully to keep their straight faces.
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A few covered their mouths to hide their laughing. The teacher looked out at them.
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Since you find it so funny, you can all laugh together in detention.
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At that, they all started laughing harder. Can you believe he expects us to come to detention?
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One student asked. What exactly is he going to do? Replied another.
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Loser, mocked the first, not caring that the teacher could hear him.
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The teacher stood there, apocalyptic, but knowing the school wouldn't support
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any further punishment.
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The students were considered too valuable for St. Matildas to do anything about it.
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In time, they'd learn. A few weeks later, I stood at the front of my classroom,
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looking out over the innocent souls before me.
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I started to get nostalgic.
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Today was my class's graduation day. I looked at them, knowing I'd never see them like this again.
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Congratulations on the year you've done. It's been my pleasure and honor to
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teach each of you, and I want you to know how proud I am of you all.
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I know we won't be together again exactly like this, but I can't wait to see
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what you all do in the future to make me so proud. I love you all.
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Oh, you made me so proud. I'm sorry.
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Then I look over at the class with which we shared the room.
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Thirteen juvenile delinquents laughing and blabbering with no teacher in the
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room like nothing they'd had, they'd done at any consequence and they hadn't learned a thing.
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I looked at my students and remained silent waiting. They all watched the other
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class make fools of themselves.
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Then the bell rang.
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Now, all 13 of my students turned to face the other class, standing completely still.
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Then there was a blur of movement,
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swift and certain, as each student shimmered and dove into its counterpart class,
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its counterpart body on the other side of the room.
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The other students jerked as if physically attacked, their eyes going wide as
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they sensed something wrong, but too late, far too late.
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Then they thrashed like a.
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Marionettes on a string and collapsed.
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Then the bodies rose again. They moved awkwardly, as if walking for the first time.
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Then they turned as one and looked at me.
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Good job, class. I'm proud of you. Go and live your new lives.
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They looked at me as one and said, thank you, Miss Percy, before walking out into the sunlight.
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I stared after them, a new class moving on to take its place in the world.
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It's always brought its hair to my eye, every time. The end.
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What happened here? Did they?
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Y'all help me to understand, please. I know it's good. I know it's good.
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This was a good read. It was a good read. Good job.
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Good job, C. Benson. Very good story once again.
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I'm just a little confused.
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Who?
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Did they eat them? Am I dumb? What's going on? I'm so confused here.
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I'm so confused. Okay. Help me to understand, y'all. Okay. Send me an email,
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please. Send me an email.
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Laugh to keep from screaming at Gmail. You just hit the link in the show notes.
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You'll see the email there. Click the button that looks like mail.
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Send me an email. Tell me something. Explain something to me, please.
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Okay. I'm very confused in this story. I'm a little confused.
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I'm a little confused. And if you want to read it yourself, I will attach C.
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Benson's username So you can go ahead and search for them on Reddit and go under
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short scary stories and find them and find this story.
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Every student deserves a second chance. If you want to read it for yourself
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to try to grasp the story, read it over again and see if you understand what I missed.
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And you want to explain it to me, that'll be great. That'll be great.
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Or if you want to explain it to yourself, that'll be awesome.
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Okay, I'm going to attach their name here in the show notes so you guys can see.
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But please help me to understand. I'm a little confused.
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I'm a little confused today. But I can tell it was a good read.
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It was a good read. Seabanson writes good stories. I'm not going to follow them short of doing that.
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I really appreciate it. And I'll see you guys next time. Okay.
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Have a great day. Be prosperous.
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And oh, I didn't even, I have not been asking questions.
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I've not been asking questions. Question for
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this story is um do you
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think every student deserves a second chance
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yes or no okay pretty simple pretty simple question do you think they did yay
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or nay okay every student every student y'all every student okay think about
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that before you ask the question okay and have a wonderful day i will see you
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guys next time peace out bye bye now.