I have spoken to you when you have been reasonable. I know it's not uncommon. But you choose to handle your problems poorly, and in a manner that sets than example that I would not have my Inmate follow. This concerns me because I have said to you in the past that in the state Iago has been in, you must control yourself.
As I said before, nothing has prevented you from coming to me, or to Sexby, and addressing the matter in person -- which is what you should have done, because the situation is delicate and does not need commentary from uninvolved persons.
Now, having read some of your public conversations with others on the matter, I am of the opinion that you may have misunderstood my intentions when the matter of visitation was first settled, and perhaps I should have realized some of the things I said might be taken another way than I intended.
And finally, on the matter of graduating anyone, I don't believe you qualify to make that distinction.
For one, I'm glad to hear that he spoke of Othello with you, but I'm also quite certain he probably would have liked to tell me about that himself, if at all. And that is one of the inherent problems, here -- I am perfectly agreeable to the notion that he has a confidant, but if he is not applying these things to change, and choosing to keep them tucked away and unaddressed, that's a danger to his progress -- it's one of the reasons why he's here, and you cannot enable that. Moreso, in times when Iago has gone against his nature and chosen to express himself, it has sometimes been a matter of violent whim, and part of undoing that is fostering new habits that will allow him to deal with what he needs to in a mature, healthy manner. That is why I think your behavior can be detrimental, and why I choose to voice my disapproval.
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As I said before, nothing has prevented you from coming to me, or to Sexby, and addressing the matter in person -- which is what you should have done, because the situation is delicate and does not need commentary from uninvolved persons.
Now, having read some of your public conversations with others on the matter, I am of the opinion that you may have misunderstood my intentions when the matter of visitation was first settled, and perhaps I should have realized some of the things I said might be taken another way than I intended.
And finally, on the matter of graduating anyone, I don't believe you qualify to make that distinction.
For one, I'm glad to hear that he spoke of Othello with you, but I'm also quite certain he probably would have liked to tell me about that himself, if at all. And that is one of the inherent problems, here -- I am perfectly agreeable to the notion that he has a confidant, but if he is not applying these things to change, and choosing to keep them tucked away and unaddressed, that's a danger to his progress -- it's one of the reasons why he's here, and you cannot enable that. Moreso, in times when Iago has gone against his nature and chosen to express himself, it has sometimes been a matter of violent whim, and part of undoing that is fostering new habits that will allow him to deal with what he needs to in a mature, healthy manner. That is why I think your behavior can be detrimental, and why I choose to voice my disapproval.