Hard Decision

I haven't made too many hard decisions in my life, but one that I can easily remember happned this past summer. I was working as a summer counselor at the YMCA. It was about 1/3 through the summer and I had a problem. Most of the kids I take care of start off bad, but eventually learn the rules and obey them. Well I had one bad apple. He would not listen to me or any other counselor. I was constantly putting him in time out and calling his mom, but nothing seem to work. Finally I could not take any more. I took him to my boss Shaun(which is a bad thing for the kids) and told him that this one kid was horrible and that I am tired of him. Shaun talked to him for a minute and told me. There are two things that can happen; You get kicked out of camp for the summer, or you get ONE more chance. The twist is my boss made me make the decision. "Your around him more than me so I think it is only fair you choose". My first thought was send him home. But I looked at the kid and saw something I have never seen out of him. I saw that he was truly sorry. He was almost crying and I could tell he wanted to be here. I told him this is his last chance. He hugged me and smiled really big. I could tell he was truly grateful. Ever since that day, he never acted up again.