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Client Name: Nola Knox, 13 years
Therapist Name: Linda Gonzalez, LMHC, NCC
Date of Service: Feb. 13, 1996
L. Gonzalez: How was your first month at your new school?
N. Knox: It was okay. Pretty much everyone ignored me.
L. Gonzalez: What are your classes like? Do you have a favorite?
N. Knox: They’re too easy. I can already tell. I just sit in the back and read my own book and keep my mouth shut.
L. Gonzalez: What would happen if you told your teachers that the work was too easy? What do you think they would say?
N. Knox: They already know it is. They know I’m smarter than they’ll ever be. It’s just easier if I work on my own things. They leave me alone and they don’t look stupid.
L. Gonzalez: What are you working on?
N. Knox: Have you heard of Alec Jeffreys?
L. Gonzalez: I can’t say that I have. Tell me about him.
N. Knox: He knew he wanted to be a scientist since before he was even eight years old. His dad bought him a chemistry set and he liked to do experiments. Blow things up. When he was around my age he found a dead cat. He brought it home and dissected it on his dining room table. He was curious, you know, about what was inside. But his parents got mad at him for bringing a dead cat into the house. It smelled bad. But it paid off. Eventually he discovered DNA fingerprinting.
L. Gonzalez: You like learning about scientists?
N. Knox: I want to be a scientist. A veterinarian—a really good one. I feel like there’s all this information out there but because I’m only thirteen I can’t get my hands on it. It’s not fair. I could be this amazing scientist but I’m stuck here, in the middle of nowhere.
L. Gonzalez: You feel like you’re missing out because you are in middle school?
N. Knox: Yeah. I’m smart enough to be in college but no one cares.
L. Gonzalez: Have they talked about grade level acceleration with you?
N. Knox: Yeah, but they always say that I’m not socially ready to be moved ahead. So I’m stuck.
L. Gonzalez: What would make you un-stuck?
N. Knox: If I could get out of Grotto, go to college.
L. Gonzalez: Wouldn’t you miss your mother? Your friends?
N. Knox: My mom misses Eve. I don’t even think she would know I was gone.
L. Gonzalez: Why do you think that?
N. Knox: Because all she does is cry and say how much she misses Eve. It’s pretty obvious. Do you think it was okay, what Alex Jeffreys did?
L. Gonzalez: Dissecting the cat? What do you think?
N. Knox: I think that it’s the only way to learn. Really learn. If you don’t get in there, cut through the skin and muscle and tendons, hold the heart in your hand, how can you really understand? If you don’t understand how things die how can you understand how they live?
