Originally Posted by Daquan13

Do any of you have trouble hearing clearly?

Yesterday while at the school where I tutor some of the kids, there is this boy who comes down to the library in the afternoon with one of his classmates.

This boy is older. He looks to be about nine or so. He also looks tall for his age. Anyway, he usually makes an awful lot of noise and he talks so loud that that his voice carries and he has that ear-piercing voice where one might want to block their ears.

Well, during that time, he was acting up and started arguing with the other boy. The boy who I tutor at that time - the one who admires me a lot, told me that the kid makes too much noise.
I agreed with him. I kindly asked the boy if he could lower his voice because my student and I WERE reading to each other. He quieted down, but then he started back up again!

He made some controversial remarks that got him into some hot water with the school personell! He also went out into the hall yelling and shouting! Then one of the staff had spoke to him privately about all the desturbence and noiise he was making. I also thought that he was being very rude, obnocious and inconsiderate!

Well, come to find out about twenty minutes or so later, his mom, who is also a teacher there, told us that he has a hearing problem and that he can't hear too well - hence his sometimes extreme ear-piercing loudness!!

I quickly changed my train of thought and felt so bad for the boy. None of us even knew that he was hearing-impaired. His mom should have let someone know this earlier.

But nevertheless, I thanked her for telling me and the others, and told her that it was nice to meet her. I told her that some people say I'm loud as well, but I don't have a hearing problem at all. I just get excited at times.

I kindly asked the boy if he could try to talk a little lower when he comews down. He said ok. I told him that it was ok and that it was not his fault. He DID also apolligize to everyone for his controversial bahavior. I shook his hand and said to him that if he wants to talk to me that he's more than welcome to. The poor thing!!

Sometimes you just don't know if a child is hurting deep down emotionally until you find out the real reason. A lesson learned by me; I will NEVER think of a child as a bad one because I never know what's really going on with him or her deep down!!!