gunmen. big black suvs driven by cartel hit men packed with drugs. we were shown darker, more disturbing images that one of her students drew. this child is writing about a cousin who was killed. she says that they cut off his head, his hands and his fingers. >> fingers. >> reporter: you're probably used to children drawing pictures of sunshine and swing sets and grass and flowers and now you're getting pictures of buckets with poed parts in it. what do you do as a teacher? >> i allow them to write. i allow them to violent. >> reporter: in all the years of teaching that you have under your belt, did you ever imagine you would be dealing with these issues? >> oh, never, never, because to me teaching was coming to school and learning abcs, 123s and reading and writing. >> reporter: volunteer community counsellors are working with the children and their families and