We got another website update today. The outdoor chores have focused mostly on winter clean-up - not surprising after the winter we had this year. The education director positively raved about his school work, citing a "very haunting personal essay on experiences with intolerance and discrimination" that he wrote after reading To Be a Slave by Julius Lester. He's begun Algebra 2, and is doing very well.
The therapist reports that he seems "almost excited" about meeting the the psychiatrist next week and starting on anti-depressant therapy. I guess he's had a change of heart, as in his letter to his sister last week he wrote that he thought taking medication for depression would be "like giving up." He's reportedly working hard, pleasant with both staff and peers, and is being cooperative.
The big negatives are his anger towards us, reflected in his refusal to write the letter home that they are required to contribute to the website, and his continuance to blame us for his situation. We're only two weeks, in, though--so I'm not sure if this is about where we should be or not.
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