Then suddenly, at age 11, to everyone's surprise including his own, he discovered he had an amazing singing voice. He sang beautiful solos in several school productions and the violence just stopped.

Peter, you wouldn't happen to have a stock of stories like this, would you? I hope it's not too much to ask, but if you could post one at, say 10AM your time (work days, anyway), then I could read it when I get up.

That would be really great.

(seriously, anything I know about the experience of 10 year-olds is outdated by, oh, 40 years. The situation as described made me wonder about the degree of behavioral problems -- falling into "special needs" category?? -- and things like "mainstreaming", but that isn't obvious from the description. IMO, your approach wins the sage award, and your story about your 11 year-old singing compatriot is great.)