I don’t consider myself woke, but calling the disturbed kid a “monster” in the title has an ick feeling for me.
I understand exactly how you feel, but I will bet in the PTSD visions that teacher’s aide has, this person has assumed the exact proportions of a “monster”.
The only “good” thing about society’s current state of forgiving everything for some “better good” reason is that we no longer have to pay at the county fair to see the “freak show”. It is free for all. Just walk around...the freaks are everywhere (that includes in politics and government). So many cannot accept that some people do not belong in civil society.
What he did to her was monsterous. He should have been behind bars to begin with.