Today Sv came to school after a week's absence. We asked his parents who had come to drop him as to what had happened to him. His answer surprised us.
"He was unwell.", His father said gruffly. " He had stopped eating altogether. We took him to the Doctor who did all the tests but his every test was normal. The doctor said there is something in his head; he is having some psychological issue. He seems to be afraid of the school which is why he has stopped eating and has lost 2 kg weight in just 2 weeks."
"That sounds a bit serious." I said sympathetically. "Can we see his reports please? It is important for the school to be aware of this thing in order to help the child. Losing 2 kilos in just 2 weeks for such a small child is a serious matter especially if all his reports are normal and no reason for this weight loss."
"Why do you want to see the report? You are not a doctor. We can't show you the report."
"We want to see the report so that we can analyse what is going wrong with your child. The school and doctor work in close collaboration for the benefit of the children."
"Sorry, we can't show you the report. Even we haven't seen the report. Only the doctor has it. I asked the doctor if I could have the report as I wanted to send it to India but I was refused."
Somehow he didn't sound true. He appeared to be angry and lying.
"Well anyways, we want to have a meeting with you." I said.
"Why?" Both of them appeared in visible consternation.
" Because we need to talk to you."
"About what?"
"Obviously about Sv."
The mother looked towards the father and groaned, "I don't want to come; can you please go?"
"Its important for both of you to be present." We insisted but the mother told us that she won't come only the father would come for this meeting.
They started saying good bye to Sv who had been standing close beside us all this time and was happily playing with toy fruits. At this he started crying and in only the next 2-3 sobs he made a face as though he would throw up.
Both myself and Cl asked him lovingly and concernedly but his mother snatched him ( almost snatched) him from us saying she didn't want that day's incident to repeat itself and took him away to soothe and console him but he threw up again in a large mess just like that day and then was ultimately taken back home again.
Before going she said to us that the reason why he had started crying and had thrown up was because while we were talking a child came and said to him that Sv shouldn't come to school and go home; and because he felt that I in particular was going to harm his parents.
That's absurd...! The whole time we were talking to them, Sv had been standing close beside us within just 2 feet of us and there was only a one and a half year old girl playing near him who neither knows him nor can yet speak a whole sentence that too in English. She can only say a few broken words in Italian or German. So there is no way she could have said that. In any case we were close enough so we could have heard her. Besides her there was no other child in that area at that time. As to harming we had been talking very politely without even raising the pitch of our voices.
Why the hell are they lying like this?
"He was unwell.", His father said gruffly. " He had stopped eating altogether. We took him to the Doctor who did all the tests but his every test was normal. The doctor said there is something in his head; he is having some psychological issue. He seems to be afraid of the school which is why he has stopped eating and has lost 2 kg weight in just 2 weeks."
"That sounds a bit serious." I said sympathetically. "Can we see his reports please? It is important for the school to be aware of this thing in order to help the child. Losing 2 kilos in just 2 weeks for such a small child is a serious matter especially if all his reports are normal and no reason for this weight loss."
"Why do you want to see the report? You are not a doctor. We can't show you the report."
"We want to see the report so that we can analyse what is going wrong with your child. The school and doctor work in close collaboration for the benefit of the children."
"Sorry, we can't show you the report. Even we haven't seen the report. Only the doctor has it. I asked the doctor if I could have the report as I wanted to send it to India but I was refused."
Somehow he didn't sound true. He appeared to be angry and lying.
"Well anyways, we want to have a meeting with you." I said.
"Why?" Both of them appeared in visible consternation.
" Because we need to talk to you."
"About what?"
"Obviously about Sv."
The mother looked towards the father and groaned, "I don't want to come; can you please go?"
"Its important for both of you to be present." We insisted but the mother told us that she won't come only the father would come for this meeting.
They started saying good bye to Sv who had been standing close beside us all this time and was happily playing with toy fruits. At this he started crying and in only the next 2-3 sobs he made a face as though he would throw up.
Both myself and Cl asked him lovingly and concernedly but his mother snatched him ( almost snatched) him from us saying she didn't want that day's incident to repeat itself and took him away to soothe and console him but he threw up again in a large mess just like that day and then was ultimately taken back home again.
Before going she said to us that the reason why he had started crying and had thrown up was because while we were talking a child came and said to him that Sv shouldn't come to school and go home; and because he felt that I in particular was going to harm his parents.
That's absurd...! The whole time we were talking to them, Sv had been standing close beside us within just 2 feet of us and there was only a one and a half year old girl playing near him who neither knows him nor can yet speak a whole sentence that too in English. She can only say a few broken words in Italian or German. So there is no way she could have said that. In any case we were close enough so we could have heard her. Besides her there was no other child in that area at that time. As to harming we had been talking very politely without even raising the pitch of our voices.
Why the hell are they lying like this?
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