I Asked My 4th Graders To Draw Their ‘Safe Space’ And One Boy’s Picture Broke Me So Hard I Had To Leave The Room—Now The Whole School Is Shaking. CHAPTER 1 I’ve been teaching fourth grade for ten years. I thought I had seen it all. I’ve seen the lice outbreaks. I’ve seen the bruised arms that kids try to hide with long sleeves in the middle of May. I’ve seen the empty lunchboxes and the "forgotten" permission slips. But nothing—absolutely nothing—prepared me for a Tuesday afternoon art assignmen