English teachers. What is the most disturbing story slash assessment a student has ever submitted?

English teacher here. Had an eighth grade student writer, My Life at this moment, letter to themselves,

that they write at the beginning of the year and read to themselves at the end. I always have a

rule that they get full credit if I can just see writing on it and it's coherent

English.

Though if they definitely don't want me to read it, they should staple it and I'll just look

for writing.

I had a girl who went over the top to look, act and sound, and be a boy.

She wasn't trans, so I was a bit confused on how exactly she wanted to be viewed.

So I just pretended she was tomboy-ish. She was also insanely defiant to her male

teachers, and I worked my butt off to build a relationship with her. She wouldn't have it,

though I was kind as I could be. Anyway, the time of year came for me to pass back their letters.

By this time, this girl had been moved to a digital learning lab and had been isolated from

the gen pop. I passed all the letters

out and found hers had been left unstable, though I didn't remember reading it or noticing it wasn't

sealed. Curiosity overcame me, so I opened it. My heart broke when I read her rather detailed desire

to be away from her stepdad by the end of the year, and her goal for that year was to escape the

guard-forsaken hell-hole. Long story short, that letter ended up being used in court to put her

stepdad away for committing the unspeakable act against her viciously for many years. I felt bad for her,

but hopefully she's been able to move on, though I doubt it. The description was pretty rough

of what he did to her. I teach high school creative on, though I doubt it. The description was pretty rough of what

he did to her. I teach high school creative writing, and I gave an assignment where students had to

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