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It was mentioned in passing as a book about Native American schools and contained a character who is constantly sent to solitary confinement. The character befriends a rat in the room, which was an example of the need for psychological connection to something.
I was just reading a book called This Tender Land about Native American schools. And there's one child in it who is constantly sent to solitary confinement. This room. And there is a rat there in the...
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It was mentioned in passing as a book about Native American schools and contained a character who is constantly sent to solitary confinement. The character befriends a rat in the room, which was an example of the need for psychological connection to something.
I was just reading a book called This Tender Land about Native American schools. And there's one child in it who is constantly sent to solitary confinement. This room. And there is a rat there in the room that becomes like his buddy. And I think it's the same idea that we need this psychological connection to something.