We've had a challenging boy at the center the past few days. This boy often defies facilitators and reacts very rudely. He refuses to speak to us and ignores all attempts to engage. Yesterday, for the first time he was willing to engage and I learnt a lot about him. This boy felt that he had been wronged yesterday. Though he had hit someone he felt that he should not have been blamed since he had not started the altercation. When I pointed out how his response was not appropriate either he went into his defiant shell looking away and refusing to talk. I realised that his ignoring behaviour was not one of rudeness but one of guilt. When he feels guilty he looks away unable to face the consequences of what he has done. I recognised this and pointed out that feeling guilty is okay and knowing that he had already suffered the consequences of his actions simply gave him a hug and let him be. I later helped him process how he had felt before leaving for the day. Today I was extremely to happy to see this boy use our circle time to apologise for his behaviour yesterday. He apologised to the learner he had hit and to the other facilitators who he had ignored. He even spent sometime learning some Kannada something he rarely does.