Whatever Is Wrong With That?
August 2nd, 2008 by Muz | Posted in Personal, musingsSo, when I was about 8 years old, I moved from my old home of Balloch to Perth, because my mum no longer liked my dad so much, or something. Anyway, for the first wee while, before moving into the awesome world of the homeless shelter, we lived with my Auntie Alma in an area called Tulloch.
The local primary school, Tulloch Primary, was the one I attended, before we moved house and therefore primary. I was only there for a few months, probably, and I have precious few memories of the place. One, in particular though, stands out because I still don’t really understand how what I did was wrong.
So, after I finished my lunch one day I went back up to our classroom to get something from my school bag before going out to play in the park just outside the school. As I was up there, one of my classmates, a girl whose name I don’t remember but will call Kelly, because it seems like a typical name for girls, came in. Ok, that was a long run-on sentence so, to re-iterate, Kelly came in to the classroom, crying.
When the teacher asked her what was wrong, she revealed that she had wet herself. Obviously, this is distressing for a young girl, and it is understandable that she was crying. I did not intend to overhear the conversation, but what are you going to do, eh?
So, I sneaked out, as you do, and as I got to the bottom of the stairs one of Kelly’s friends asked me what was wrong with Kelly, so I told her that she’d wet herself. I did so only because I knew this girl was Kelly’s friend. I then went out to play, forgetting about it all.
Next thing I know, the teacher comes storming out of the school and yells at me for telling about Kelly’s accident, and then leaves me sitting outside the headmistress’ office, even more upset than Kelly was. I was crying because I’d done wrong, apparently, but didn’t really understand what. Luckily the headmistress was nice, and didn’t yell at me, and when I got back to the classroom, the teacher had calmed down and let me churn the butter we were making.
However, I still don’t understand what I did wrong.
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5 Responses to “Whatever Is Wrong With That?”
By Calypso Katie
on Aug 2, 2008
You spread gossip, though not intentionally. The teacher was out of line to yell at you, perhaps she was having a bad day.
By Muz
on Aug 2, 2008
No, I didn’t spread gossip. I told someone that her friend had some problems. I wouldn’t have told just anyone what the problem was. Although, I guess I just told the whole world.
By Calypso Katie
on Aug 3, 2008
I said not intentionally.
By Paul
on Aug 3, 2008
Leave that poor girl alone, hasn’t she suffered enough?
By Calypso Katie
on Aug 3, 2008
Yes, I have suffered enough.