pieces of me

a meaningful story

today as i was reading zaobao, i came across tis story which's really meaningful & touching.. so now i took it from zaobao.com & paste it here, hopefully more ppl'll read tis story (becos i noe a lot o ppl'll not bother 2 read zaobao or even its website)..i'm really sorry it's in chinese.. the story was originally in chinese & i dun tink i haf e ability 2 translate it in2 english..

*hopefully e chinese words can appear on e actual site, cos it's really meaningful..*

张泛
　　说一个妈妈和孩子的故事。
　　早产儿刚出世，医院的氧气筒出了故障，当接生的医生和护士从妈妈身体里拖出不会哭的孩儿，都以为是死婴，望着疲累不堪的妈妈那殷切的双眼，不知如何去安慰她。医生和护士以为是死胎的他，刹那间有了生命迹象。大家都喜悦万分。只是，这婴儿怎么不哭？四个月大之后，经过一位国外学成归来的医生诊断，才知道孩儿患上了罕见的脑性麻痺症。
　　媽媽特地让孩儿晚一年上学，和小他一岁的妹妹同班，好有个照应。
　　上学的那一天，媽媽告诉他说：“儿啊，如果有小朋友骂你‘白痴’或‘神经病’，别理他们，这不是你的错。”果然有一天，他在学校被同学骂“傻蛋”，看起来是有点傻傻的他，回家笑着跟妈妈说：“妈，同学说我是傻蛋，我不理他们，我不生气。”妈妈听了，心酸酸。以后“傻蛋”，“白痴”或“神经病”成为了他的绰号。
　　直到上了中学，有一天他放学回家，身上有多处被欺负的瘀伤，妈妈终于崩潰了，亲戚劝妈妈说：“像他这样的孩子，还是到国外好，国外有特殊教育。”于是十四岁的他和弟弟妹妹，就这样被妈妈帶到人生地不熟的南非，一开始，不是那么顺利，从一个城到另一个城，终于在开普敦落户，在那儿有所专门为脑性麻痺小孩上学的学校，可以从小学、初中一直念到高中毕业。可是问题来了，当时南非还是处在种族隔离期间，白种人才能报读的学校，怎么会收留外国孩子？妈妈带着他向校方请求，校方与家长会详细讨论后，网开一面，让他试读一段时间，再做决定，那天，妈妈，喜极而泣。考智力测验那关，校方考虑到他还只会ABC，特地请来翻译人员，英文那关显然难过，校方收录他入学，让他降回小六念起。妈妈抱着他哭。視神经受到伤害，弱视六百度的他，运动神经也受伤，他的手不能写小字，经费不充裕的校方特地为他向各方争取经费，买了一台手提电脑专给他使用。妈妈索性為他请了电脑家教。他的电脑才华，很快被赏识，老师搞不定的程式，他一搞就通，以后高中部电脑当机或有病毒，都送小学部給他解決，家长们也都把家里的电脑，请他帮忙。半年后，他的英文突飞猛进，狂爱英文古典诗，喜剧剧本。有一次，交上作业，老师以为他抄袭，要他写一篇更長的诗，校长对他說：“你再写几篇更长的诗，学校为你出版。”
　　校长拿到他的新作品时，惊讶地说：“你是一颗閃亮的星。”他终于以第一名成绩毕业，典礼上，全校的家长起立为他鼓掌，妈妈满眶热泪。想起以前他在老家读书，考倒数第二名，被老师打骂，妈妈心痛地看着鞭痕，对他说：“你比妈妈历害，妈妈以前考最后一名。”
　　他以优异成绩被南非最好的开普敦大学录取。也成为全校的宠儿。
　　受景仰受宠的英文诗人。而他常说的一句话就是: “妈妈好伟大。”
　　各位。不是只在母亲节才对母亲说： “妈妈我爱你”，回家马上说吧！
　　而我，想说……却没得说了……

after reading tis story, im really touched by it..& im kinda sad aso..when tis boy's in his own country (i dunno where exactly he's frm, but i tink shld b frm asia becos his english wasnt good initially), he was being look down on, not only by his peers, but aso his teachers, dun u tink tt's really a sad thing? i mean if e children they make fun of these disabled i still can understand, becos they'r still young & their parents may not haf taught them how 2 respect & treat every1 e same way..u noe, tt e children mayb ingorance..but even the adults, they looked down on him aso! i mean i tot they'r t'chers & they shld not do tis! e t'cher noe tt tt boy's slower than e other students, then shldnt they put in more effort 2 teach him & b more paitent w him, instead o beating him or scolding him when he doesnt understand e lesson? i tot teachers'r suppose 2 b understanding! i tot they'r e 1 hu mould e future o their countries & so shldnt they set good examples 4 their students? i mean was kind of examples they'r showing 2 their students if these teachers looked down on e disabled?

aso, i realised these kind of story always happened in asia, as in ere'r always ppl hu'r being considered as 'stupid' or 'dumb' or 'hopeless' in asian countries, but once they go overseas like e western counntries, they would b recongised & end up being far more successful than their peers in their home countries.. y do tis always happen in asia? y? is it becos in asia, ppl pay too much attention 2 e so-called 'main-stream' & they considered those hu cant or dun go w e majority as losers & labelled them as ' weirdos'?

somehow, im quite sad 2 b an asian in tis case.

posted by +abrac[A]dabra+ @ 17:05