By: Elizabeth Silence Ballard As she stood in front of her 5 th grade class on the first day of school, she told the children an untruth. Like most teachers, she looked at her students and said that she loved them all the same. However, that was impossible, because there in the front row, slimped in his seat was a little boy named Teddy Stallard. Miss Thopmson had watched teddy the year before and noticed that he didn’t play well with other children that his clothes were messy, and that he constantly needed as bath. And Teddy could be unpleasant. It got to the point where Miss Thompson would actually take delight in marking his paper with a broad red pen, marking bold X’s and then putting a big “F” at the top of his papers. -at the school where Miss Thompson taught, she was required to review each child, past records and she put Teddy off until the last. However his files, she was in for a surprise. Teddy first grade teacher wrote: “Teddy is a bright child with a ready ...