Roosevelt English teacher Emily Bollinger, whose class is reading the memoir of a boy soldier, brought the lesson to life on Thursday when she hosted Mohamed Sidibay, a former child fighter from Sierra Leone. He spoke of his experiences being forced to become a soldier in his nation’s civil war at age 5.

Read more about his remarks: https://staging.dmschools.org/2015/03/former-boy-soldier-shares-story-with-roosevelt-students/