Case File: 1903. Red Crayons

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Classification: Confidential – Educational Psychological Disturbance

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Location: Rose Water Elementary School, Ohio

 

Summary

Nine second-grade students enrolled in the Rose Water Elementary Gifted Program were subjected to an experimental behavioral intervention designed by the faculty to “encourage humility and cooperation among extremely gifted children.”

 

The intervention required the children to wear identical red shirts, jeans, and white plastic masks while only using red crayons for all creative assignments.

 

Within two weeks, the students began exhibiting coordinated, retaliatory behavior toward teachers, classmates, and administrative staff, then eventually the entire town.