It happened on a Wednesday afternoon.
Another teacher had stopped me in the cafeteria to return some tests. I was perhaps forty seconds late.
When I reached my classroom, chairs were scraping against the floor. Several students stood in a loose circle.
Tyler was sitting beside an overturned chair. His phone lay near Ben’s shoes.
“Ben! Step away from him!”
Ben looked at me.
Then he kicked the phone across the room.
It struck a cabinet with a sharp crack.
“Benjamin! I said stop!”
He glanced at Tyler.
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