3rd grader cries after his teacher gifts him a new pencil case and pencils, says he doesn't know how to be grateful for it: 'It's just that I already have pencils. Is this your whole gift?'

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The young boy in this story is one of those people who wears his heart on his sleeve. When his 3rd-grade teacher got the whole class special pencils and pencil boxes for Christmas, he was overcome with emotion. His teacher soon discovered it wasn't the emotion she expected from him.
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My Christmas present made a student cry

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