Mr. Dias: “Woah, may I ask why ?”

Ethan sighs before answering, debating whether to open up or not. Even though Ethan has therapy sessions with Mr. Dias he still hadn’t told him anything about himself yet. The only conversation Mr. Dias got out of him was just small talk, working on their relationship and Ethan’s trust/comfort before asking about more important things. Ethan was confused why he would ask about random unimportant things but wasn’t complaining as he didn’t need to talk about things that he didn’t want to open up about just yet, and would sit in silence the whole time if asked about them. 

Ethan: “Why I stopped doing work ?” 

Mr. Dias: “Yea, you don’t have to answer but I would like to know”

Ethan: “I was off school a lot, I think my attendance was below 50% at the time too. So when I did go to school, I knew nothing and it was too hard catching up myself”

Mr. Dias: “Didn’t you ask for extra help ?” 

Ethan: “Of course I did. But I would get really frustrated at myself because I didn’t understand and the teachers would just kind of not have any way of helping anymore..? I don’t know, they just stopped helping me”

Mr. Dias: “They’re not very good teachers then. A teacher shouldn’t give up on their student, no matter how difficult they are and how hard it is to help them understand. The students who find it harder to understand should be getting more help”

Ethan: “I know. But they also said it would help a lot if I actually attended school. I knew that too but I couldn’t change it, the past is the past and to be honest I would of rather been at school” 

Mr. Dias: “Why weren’t you at school ?” 

Ethan paused for a few seconds, wondering why he just said all of that. Then he said “Reasons” Mr. Dias replied with “And I assume you don’t want to share those reasons” Ethan nods his head. “Okay. I believe they were good enough reasons to not be in school.” Ethan looks at him, smiling a little and his eyes glistened with happiness. This was the first time someone believed Ethan in years.