Jimmie Edwards, step right up and accept your award as my hero of the week. Edwards is family court judge in St. Louis. He was the subject of a five-page (including photos) story in the Oct. 10 edition of People magazine.

On a daily basis, juveniles who might be described as “knuckleheads” — the most incorrigible of the incorrigible — arrive in Edwards’ courtroom. They’re the ones doing poorly in school, getting kicked out of school, getting into fights and who, in general, make the learning process more of a chore than it has to be.