Another suspected bullying incident occurred in a local school! A fifth-grade boy in a primary school in the north complained that he was pushed down and punched by a classmate in the school. He was hospitalized for headache, dizziness and nausea. Two weeks later, he sought medical treatment again for bruises on his cheek.
The boy's 46-year-old single mother, Ms. Chen, expressed her heartache several times during the interview, saying "My heart is broken and I don't know how to describe it!"
She said she was beaten because she didn't want to talk to the other party.
According to Ms. Chen, the incident happened at around 1 pm on the 8th of last month. On that day, the fifth-grade students in the school took an oral test. Her 11-year-old son was in the fifth grade and was waiting for the oral test in the school cafeteria with his classmates.
According to the boy's description to his mother, while waiting, he put his hand on a newly painted wall, but he slipped and fell, so he told his classmates about the incident. Not long after, another boy who was accused of being a "school bully" walked up to him and kept asking him what happened, but Ms. Chen's son didn't want to talk to him and ignored him.
At this time, the other party seemed to be "angry and embarrassed" and "greeted" Ms. Chen's son with insulting words. Ms. Chen said that her son told the other party "Don't talk to me like that!" Unexpectedly, this sentence angered the other party even more, so he pushed Ms. Chen's son to the ground, followed by a round of punches and kicks.
Finally, the teacher arrived after receiving the notice and sent Chen to the school office to apply ice.
According to Ms. Chen, although the other party is in the fifth grade like her son, because he is a foreign student, he is one or two years older than his classmates in the same grade and is taller.
After returning home, he was dizzy and wanted to vomit and was urgently admitted to the hospital.
Ms. Chen, who works in the mechanical and electronic engineering industry, said that she received a call from her son that day, saying that he had been beaten at school and still took the oral exam. She heard her son's tone at the time and felt that he was very tired and in pain. Later, she received a call from the school to notify her. But because she was busy with work, she did not ask for details. It was not until she got home in the evening that she asked him carefully and noticed that his head was red and swollen, and her son also said that he was a little dizzy and wanted to vomit.
As a mother, she was terrified. Worried about her son's concussion, she immediately asked her brother to take them to the emergency department of KK Women's and Children's Hospital for medical treatment.
She and her son spent the night in the ward, and the next day's examination showed that the boy had a mild concussion. However, since he had to take an exam on October 10, the boy was discharged from the hospital on the 9th.
Police confirmed that they had received a report
During the hospitalization, Ms. Chen also called the police immediately, and the police also confirmed that they had received a report when questioned.
Ms. Chen said that her son, who was originally lively, seemed to have some post-traumatic stress disorder after experiencing this incident. He liked to go to school and even said several times that he didn't want to go to school anymore. In addition, the interest class teacher also noticed his changes and he seemed quieter during class.
What made Ms. Chen even more heartbroken was that her son often said that his cheek hurt. On October 24, he suddenly had a bruise on his face, which had no obvious injuries. Ms. Chen then sent her son to the hospital for an X-ray. Fortunately, no serious injuries were found, but the cost of these two hospitalizations has accumulated to thousands of dollars.
Expect the other party's parents to take responsibility and apologize
Ms. Chen emphasized in an interview with Channel 8 that she had been in contact with the school on the day of the incident and afterwards. She learned that the other party's parents had apologized to the school, but had not apologized to her and her son, or expressed whether they were willing to compensate for the medical expenses and settle.
She said that she could understand and accept the school's handling, but she had always hoped to contact the other party's parents, hoping to apologize to her son and compensate for the medical expenses. She said that she had provided an email to send these demands to the other party, but so far, no response has been received.
Nearly a month has passed since the incident. In addition to calling the police and arguing with the school, she also wrote to the legislators hoping that the Ministry of Education would intervene in the investigation. However, she said that what she hoped most was that the two sides could reconcile and the other party's parents could educate their children and not encourage the atmosphere of bullying.
