Varsha Ramachandran,4yrs,Digaru,Assam

My father was posted in a small and a remote area called Digaru (which is about 30 Kms from Guwahati) way back in 2001....I was the class teacher in a Play School there..and had about 20 tiny toddlers of aged 2 1/2 yrs.
Varsha was little grown up comapared to rest of the kids...she was a adopted kid of her parents..and one of the notorious kids among the whole lot.she used to hit all the kids with sticks,shoes,stones...she used to break something or the other every day in the class,she used to spit on everybody's face,used to speak all kinds of abusive words all the time..everywhere she used to go she used to break plates..and used to throw spoons and forks at people..people used to get annoyed of all these activities...her parents used to come to me help lessly....I used to scold her.(as i never wanted to hurt her physically).but it never made any difference.....
One day we all were outside in the garden and playing with ball and swings..when suddenly i heard one child crying loudly..i turned back..and to my horror found that a kid was under the sea saw..and varsha was sitting on top..trying to push hard....that kid was crying in pain..i went and pulled varsha and pulled that other kid and took him to the first aid room...
since i had tried almost everything with her..starting from scolding..and threatening...she never took anything seriously....now what I did was..i took a piece of cello tape..and put it on her lips...and tied her hands with some bandage ..now she was able to move her hands...but wasnt able to play.I took her with me to the class..and gave toys to everybody to play..she felt miserable as she wasnt able to play..but sat and witnessed everybody else's expressions of joy/happiness...
after a while i opened the tape...and removed the bandage....and asked her how she felt....she cried and said sorry to everyone present there.....she came to me and said.."mam all these kids are my friends and i promise i will never hurt them..she went and kissed and hugged all of them...i was absolutely speech less that day
after that incident nobody ever heard any kind of complaints against her...what her parents were not able to do may be my one of my harsh steps had definately changed her for good!!!