A boy at a boarding school writes a letter back to his mother. He fights back tears and must face another harassment from his bullies.

A little girl navigates her relationships with two boys in her elementary school class, a brash bully and a shy victim, and learns about the nature of suffering.

A boy feels isolated from his group of friends and targets his rage towards the most popular of them all. When he realizes the extent of the influence this enemy wields, he is forced to come to terms with the hopelessness of his situation.

A young Black girl in a severely underfunded public school is punished for bullying another girl. As she reflects on the events that pushed her toward aggression and her reason for choosing her specific victim, she realizes she doesn't wish to apologize after all.

On the eve of her students' elementary school graduation, a teacher in rural Ireland makes one last push to prepare her students for the real world.

A boy looks back on the encounters he and his friend had with a troubled, violent classmate who murdered his own father.

An afternoon at the park takes an unexpected turn for a mother and her son as the well-established families that they admire turn out to be unhappy people who secretly enjoy the misery of others. As the day progresses, the mother is surprised to learn that she and her son share many negative qualities with those families.

A boy returns to New York City from summer camp and is greeted by his father. Despite being bullied at camp, it is revealed that the boy prefers life at camp to his home life.

A bullied young girl feeds a tiger her badness to keep from exploding.

A high school boy makes a habit of stealing cars, picking up girls, and skipping school. When he begins to worry that he is getting into too much trouble, the boy must decide whether to seek help or continue his criminal lifestyle.