Stabbing

So, one of my friends from the correction center informed me that one of the juveniles made a shank and was planning to stab someone. Did I ever tell you guys that I got stabbed? I imagine probably not because I didn’t let people know because I didn’t want to freak out my poor family. But you guys won’t tell anyone right? Ok, here we go.

This one kid had been acting out off and on all day. We will call him John. Well, John got up and left the room without making others aware or getting someone to go with him as he is supposed to. I was quite irritated with his behavior by now. I told the group to circle up I and followed the kid who had gone to his room. I told him to get in session. He went to session willingly and the group was trying to give him help and he was swearing and throwing a fit. Well after about 30 minutes of this John lunged at one of his peers. So I jumped in and all of us were restraining him. At some point the kid pulled out the shank he had made (His was a side of a toothbrush sharpened on one end against the brick walls.) and tried to stab one of his peers but I got in the way and he got me in the chest. To be exact, he got me in the side of my right breast!!!!!! Luckily for me the kid didn’t really want to hurt someone to bad so he didn’t stab to hard and I had triple layers on since it was winter so it didn’t go in too far. It was bleeding a little but not to bad and I now have a scar. Anyway, once it happened all the kids stopped trying to restrain him and were in shock. Me on the other hand flew into a rage. I picked the kid up by his shirt and started shaking him yelling "Are you freaking kidding me!!! You stabbed me! I have a right mind to kick your ass little boy!" I yelled a few other things too.

Well at that point I heard one of the other boys on the phone. (Which they aren’t supposed to pick up unless I say so) and the kid says "Hi Nurse, hey we were having a restraint but the moron stabbed Ms Phillips...yup stabbed her...Umm, you probably ought to get over here and check her out...Oh, she couldn’t call because she is about to kick the idiots ass...Yeah come over and watch!" Well, that made me laugh and the kid who I was shaking was crying so I dropped him and the group restrained him.

The nurse checked me out and I was fine besides a little bleeding. All was well. The little stabber John cried for hours apologizing. I made John’s life a little miserable for a while. (He cleaned everyone’s toilets, wrote me an apology letter, I pulled all of his stuff out of his room except his bedding and a bible which that is all they are required to have by law anyway. ) Anyway, John and I made amends and he never acted out again might I add!