A papyrus that documents a bullying incident in the classroom. A grou…

A young boy named Symphronios (later called Panine) was enrolled in a school in late antique Egypt. He was exceptionally gifted and mastered reading, writing, mathematics, and scripture much faster than the older students. His rapid success made his classmates jealous, especially a boy named Alexandros. The teacher said the young boy was the smartest. When the teacher left the classroom, Alexandros tricked Symphronios into showing his writing skills. Then, in a fit of jealousy, he violently bent and dislocated both of the younger boy's thumbs, mocking him by saying, "Try to hold the pen now, peasant!" Symphronios did not seek revenge. But his friend Panew told the teacher what had happened, however Alexandros had disappeared before he could be punished. After spending three days at home, Symphronios's thumbs were miraculously healed, allowing him to return to school. He believed that God was the one who healed him. From then on, he became known as Panine, meaning "he of the thumbs." This papyrus, written in Egyptian coptic, was found in the archive of Saint panine, that records a very early part of his life. Source: Jealousy, Bullying, and Broken Thumbs Quote: Alexandros and the older students said to the small young boy, the holy Symphronios, ‘Quickly, show us your writing-board, so that our teacher will not […] us for your aptitude.’ Immediately, the young boy Symphronios got up and showed the letters with great cleverness, like someone who had spent a long time in the classroom. The student Alexandros – the Devil filled all his body – jumped upon the young boy Symphronios. He grabbed his two thumbs, on his left hand and on his right hand, and bent and pulled them until their bones dislocated from their joints. Then he said to him, ‘Try to hold the pen now, peasant!

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