Something about something: Teacher goes to a school and find that their classroom is filled with high school students who has phobias. The teacher finds that they all have a common phobia, paper cuts. The though of being cut by the edge of a paper made them so afraid that they cannot read books or even own a notebook. The simple solution of using computers was negated by a simple problem, the school didn't have enough fund to buy each student a laptop. The challenge the teacher faces is teaching the students without any materials and discovers that the teacher will have to resort to need techniques and ways to teach the class. There are several students that are worth mentioning. One student, A, wants to learn but is unable to. A tries to go to the library to use the computer but doesn't trust the books stacked behind them. A really wants to learn and hopes that the teach will be able to help them overcome their fear or at least try. Student B is having trouble at home. B goes to a home where the parents yell at each other all the time. B overheard one of their conversation about getting a divorce and continues to argue up to this day who should take care of B. They want B to decide who should take care of B but because they both love B, they started to bribe B. This only causes emotion out burst, and hatred for the parents. Student C, has no problem with the phobia, even though C has it worse. C is not only afraid of paper, but any form of tree; wood, paper, etc.
With no way of learning, C goes through the motion of school, proud of his phobia and uses it as an excuse whenever someone questions his intelligence.
First thing the teacher does is help the students get over their fear of papers. He gets the book Perks of Being a Wallflower (only because its the only book I know with laminated sheets and somewhat educational). As soon as the students got use to the laminated paper, except for C, they began to gain hopes for their education and future. Soon enough the teach knew what to do, and so began laminated pages of a textbook for every subject (since he's the only one teaching them) so he may bring them in class for like a show and tell. But the teacher still had nothing to show because the teacher had nothing to show to the principal if the students don't have any homework and the students can't do homework because they are afraid of paper.
One day Teacher (i don't know what gender the teachers going to be so i can't really give the teacher a name, so I'm just going to cal him "Teacher")was carrying books he brought from a bookstore, and bumps into someone when turning the corner. The books fell no top of both of them. When the teacher got up, he realize that the books fell on top of one of his student, C. C did not scream nor shout but merely pushed the books off of him. Teacher was confused and decided to test C's "phobia" by tossing a pencil he had in his chest pocket at him. C picked it up, not realizing that he had bumped into his teacher. They had a whole talk and apparently C faked his phobia so he can get an excuse to not do homework. The teacher made a long speech about life and doing good in school etc. and C got mad and left. Over the course of the week, Teacher had a plan to get rid of the students phobia but he needed C's help. (I don't know how Teacher would get C on his side, maybe telling on his parents and showing him what C can accomplish through singing and dancing. I don't know, so I'm going to skip to the part where Teacher did get C on his side.)
Teachers plan is this: with C on Teacher's side, Teacher can work on C's "phobia" while also transforming the worse of students into a better student. Once Teacher gets rid of C's phobia (not all at once, maybe in a few days), by giving him a pencil to hold, making him read a book made of paper, the students got use to the idea of paper and soon some of the students lost their fear. Teacher began transforming the students one by one.
(If you want to make it longer, you can add the idea of the teacher going into B's house and trying to get his parents to love B. When that doesn't work, Teacher invites mother and father to join B's mother and father in order to create a resolution that will help both B and his parents situation. Once that's all cleared up, B was more attentive in school. The final obstacle the teacher has to face is during their first parent teacher conference, C's parents told everyone that their child does not have a phobia whatsoever. Then C revealed that the teacher was lying to the students etc. The students felt betrayed and join together to hate the teacher. Of course eventually the teacher earns their trust by showing them how much they have accomplished after they got over their phobias and accept the Teacher back.)
If you got a better conclusion be my guest.
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