~ I can't even imagine ~

How some kids can even start to concentrate on learning and assignments, I will never understand.

One of the secretaries called very early, interrupting the early morning grading frenzy today. She was letting me know that the office had to be notified if C's dad showed up at the classroom to get him. C's parents are divorced, so he and his brothers were living with Dad. Dad had become depressed and over the weekend told his kids he was going to kill himself. Mom, understandably, took the kids and called Protective Services. C spent part of his day in the office, talking with a couple of officers. As a result, there is now a police order that if Dad shows up at school, the police must be called to deal with the situation. Added to that, there's also a previously scheduled family court date tomorrow that C will be attending.

I can't even imagine that level of stress and anxiety.

Yet C handled it pretty well today, considering. No outbursts, got all his work done on time, and generally participated in class. I would have let him crawl under a table and hide from the world if he'd wanted to.