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TEACHER Oh yes ! Welcome MAEVE , please have a seat next to ALEX , everyone meet our new student MAEVE .
MAEVE Hello everyone ! My name is MAEVE , and my pronouns are They / Them
Pronouns ?
STUDENT # 1
( MAEVE waves )
TEACHER Oh great … Anyway please turn and talk about what the green zone looks like . I will be right back , remember students , have a good day , or not , the choice is yours .
( TEACHER leaves the room , MAEVE turns to everyone )
MAEVE Well that ' s stupid , yeah technically the choice is ours , but is she implying to hide our feelings ?
STUDENT # 1 Well there ' s nothing to hide if you ' re always in the green zone , like you should be .
MAEVE What do you mean always in the green zone ?
ALEX He means that we are always supposed to be happy and calm .
MAEVE Well what about if something bad happened or like anxiety or depres-
ALEX We don ’ t talk about those kinds of things here .
( TEACHER comes back ) TEACHER
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