This is a really good five minute freewrite @redheadpei! In my elementary grades, there was a boy who had an artificial arm, and I believe at that time there was only one prosthetic arm, that being the one that had the hook-like thing that could be used to pick things up or hold onto something.

I always felt really sorry for him, and kids would joke and tell other kids things, such as they would get Thomas to pinch another kid with his arm, but they were just joking around. Ignorant, hurtful joking.

Kids can be mean.