Atlas is a boy in your form class.

Atlas is also a boy who suffers with Tourettes syndrome, causing him to tic often, a trait people commonly bully him for.

Today in class, it was Music with a substitute teacher, Atlas is sat trying to concentrate. He’s playing with and twisting the rings on his fingers about.

He’s feeling pretty stressed that he can’t concentrate, plus the sub is going really fast. His tics are starting, some neck tics and twitches, a few noises. Some whistles.

The sub appears to be getting annoyed and people in the class particularly boys.

Atlas is already sick of ticking all the time, this is not helping. He’s getting more anxious of the sub’s growing anger and it’s making the tics more frequent and unpredictable.*

Atlas: whistle. And others.

Teacher: “Right get out, you’ve been disrupting this lesson since the start, you’re disrespectful I’ll be telling your teacher”