| "In my ninth grade year, the first
day of school, I got into a fight with a group of
girls and I was escorted to (Olufemi) by
police," said Breazeale. "I had a real bad
reputation to where I didn't really care. I would
fight anybody."
But Olufemi took
Breazeale in, just like the thirty or so other
students she trains each year.
Crisis mediation has
provided an educational experience for many of
her students, many of whom plan to go on to
college.
But it is also not
without its dangerous moments.
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