Synopsis

Cynthia, a former kindergarten teacher, recounts how her life fractured when a classroom exercise resulted in a conviction for official oppression—a misdemeanor—and a sentence of two years’ probation and thirty days in jail. Prosecutors alleged Cynthia instructed her students to form a line and strike a six-year-old boy, intending to demonstrate “how it feels to be bullied.” Cynthia maintains the entire incident was a profound misunderstanding, leaving her unfairly branded as a “bully teacher” a