Avni Malik Research Paper

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Written by: Ysanne Beams, River Carlson, Tru May Legget, and Mars Tzenkova. Introduction Avni Malik is a freshman at Juanita High School. She harasses people and attempts to make friends, but she just pushes people away and causes conflict. We first met her in the 7th period chorus with Mrs. Hasslinger. Even though she isn’t in the chorus anymore, she still causes problems for us during school. We know that the staff and admin have worked with Avni to help change her behavior, but frankly, it hasn’t worked. I think that seeing the magnitude of the problems that she’s caused might lead to something more productive. She needs to take responsibility for herself and her actions. Not only is she disruptive to other students, but she isn’t getting …show more content…
These are honest accounts of her behavior. Approximate dates and times are in bold. Tru May Leggett Lunch 2/28/24: I was waiting to put in my student ID and Avni shoved me. I almost hit my stomach on the metal, but my hand stopped me. I have gone to admin before about Avni taking my stuff and not giving it back and they have not done much about it. River/Sage Carlson: In general: Avni seems to think that physical contact (pushing, shoving, and (gently) hitting) is funny, even when she is repeatedly asked to stop and told that you don’t touch people unless they’re OK with it. I’m not entirely sure when this happened, but on a couple occasions Avni has stolen my snacks at lunch and given them back. One or two times, she refused to give it back and I had to get a lunch admin to pry it out of her hands screaming and give it back to me. I wouldn’t normally go as far as getting an admin involved, but one, I paid money for the snacks and two, it wasn’t really about the snacks, it was about getting her to change her behavior. 3/4/24 after school in Baking Club: Avni continued to sing and be loud when repeatedly asked not to. She sat in a seat where she was told to get up nicely (by the