required blog: hypothetical situation #1
A quiet, sweet senior girl (we'll call her Jasmine) confides in you occasionally about her home life. Her mother is in prison (drug dealing - this is the third time) and her father has never been in the picture. She has a grandmother in the area, but they aren't close. Jasmine stays with her boyfriend, another shy, sweet student in one of your classes, who just barely qualifies as special ed and who often stays home from school because he doesn't feel like going (she tries to convince him to come -- she is a fairly good student). Jasmine is four months pregnant.
A few days before an upcoming week-long break, Jasmine hangs back after class to talk to you. She tells you that she has been feeling nervous because her boyfriend's mother's boyfriend (who also lives at the house) really doesn't like her. She tells you that he constantly yells at her, calls her names, and has a quick temper. Then, she tells you that the other night he was so mad that he threw a TV at her. She says that she is a little scared for the break because she "just doesn't want anything bad to happen".
What do you tell her? Do you tell anyone?
