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Quiet Despiration- The Effects of Competition in School on abused and Neglected Children

Carin Hall
Liberty University Online
Psychology 221

Quiet Despiration - The Effects of Competition in School on abused and Neglected Children
The Effects of Competition in School on abused and Neglected Children by Gerald W. Neal

begins with him meeting in his office with a young boy named Phillip. Phillip is notorious

around school for being a troublemaker. Neal is the newly appointed assistant principal and so it

is now his job to distribute punishments. He tries to get on his level. In doing so Phillip begins to

open up and he reveals that his father is abusive and negligent. He tells Neal that whenever his father gets extremely drunk and abusive, he takes his brother and they go and hide out .Neal then reflects back on when he was a child and was also the victim of abuse. His safe haven however was his bunk bed. He does not disclose any of the information to Phillip he just tells him that he is not suspended but he doesn't want to see him back in his office again for any misconduct.
Following this discussion Neal decides to make a visit to Phillip's home. He initially tells the father he is there so he can fill out some forms regarding the school lunch program. He then brings up what Phillip had shared with him a few days prior and tells him if he hears of anything like that again not only will he report him to Protective Services, he'll also contact the sheriff. Phillip's father immediately tells him to leave. Beyond that point there was really nothing Neal could do and the book transitions into Neal's childhood struggles. His mother was a military brat and his father, a football star. His father was a victim of abuse when he was a child and the pattern continued. He described a particularly bad beating

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