Lori Stern
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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Walt denied it.
Move.
Mr. K tried to calm Walt down.
Mr. Humphrey also tried to talk to Walt.
Walt was too angry.
Yes.
You know, up until this moment, Walt had struck me as pretty level-headed.
But clearly there, he had crossed a line.
and he wasn't able to stay in control.
But then, as fast as the conflict had started, it ended.
After Mr. K's intervention, both Walt and Mr. Humphrey calmed down.
And he and Walt hugged.
That's right.
And when I asked Mr. K about the conflict later on, he surprised me.
He said Walt actually did pretty well.
The argument could have been much worse.
Oh, yeah.
I remember when my son was that age, and I know exactly what you're talking about.
And with Walt, he did get better at impulse control, gradually, but it wasn't enough for him to graduate from Central.
And that's because around the same time as the fight with Mr. Humphrey, he got into a big fight with another student.