A Freedom Writer Teacher's Story: Challenges #24

This teacher finally grew tired of the gossip, rumors, and verbal backstabbing that they continually heard from female students. To combat the nastiness, they tried out an activity: Each student was given post-it notes, and they were required to write a short and positive note to each student.
Jen and Sandy were always talking about one girl, Patty. When Patty saw the kind note written for her by one of the meanest girls in the class, she burst into tears. She admitted that her dad had found out she was bulimic, her friends left her, and she tried to commit suicide. She confessed that she had been planning to try to kill herself again, but because of the kindness of her classmates (uncovered through this activity) she no longer felt worthless and despised.
The teacher claims that as they led Patty from the room to visit the counselor, the only two students to watch Patty go were Jen and Sandy, the girls whose gossip caused all of Patty's problems to begin with.