“It’s forced at our school, too,” said Nala. “Because after you get off suspension, you got to have a meeting with the person you got into it with and their parents … and if your parents don’t go, you still got to go.… I was talking about this with my dean … and he wants us to keep meeting and stuff and start doing volunteer work at places, like working together and stuff with the person I got into it with, just to be around each other, find out more stuff about each other and stuff.” This practice of ongoing communication is closer to the intent and practice of relationship building. I never
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