So, who's lying now?

I want to tell a story about a little girl who expressed an interesting observation regarding her teacher yesterday. The said observation was brought about by an incident that happened several weeks back. This little girl, whom we will name Alina, reported to her parents that her
teacher pinched her and her classmate on their ears because they were not able to provide the correct answers to a question during class recitation. Alina's granny, whom we'll address as Anita, confronted the teacher about what happened via txt message. Anita told the teacher that, unlike decades ago, it is now illegal for a teacher to inflict any kind of pain to his students as means to punish them. The teacher, as expected, vehemently denied such allegations and even accused the children of not telling the truth. She said she did pinch the children but she is very sure that it was not painful. As the exchange of txt messages continue, Anita also updates her little granddaughter of what the teacher had to say. Alina was still headstrong about the pinch being painful no matter how many times her granny asks her to confirm and also informing her that her teacher says she isn't telling the truth. To make the story short, both Anita and the teacher ended up inside the school principal's office. It was the teacher who really wanted both of them to talk to the principal because she wanted to propose to have the children concerned be moved to a different section so that they can avoid the same problem from happening again. Anita said "No way! Why would they be transferred to another section when they did not do anything wrong to you. If and when you transfer those kids they'd think they did something wrong. If there was anything they did, it was only to speak their mind. And every children has the right to be heard. You are in no position to take from them that right. So,no, I don't want them transferred. And they don't want to be transferred either. So bare with them!" The teacher asked, "What if something like this happens again?" Anita only raised her eyebrows and said, "Then stop laying your fingers on them?" The teacher explained,"That is what I do in order to help them study harder and have better grades." So Anita asked, "Well, are they're smarter now?" To which the teacher just fell silent. So now, the kids are still under the same section. Going on with their school life normally and having fun. Apparently, the teacher still holds a grudge. Yesterday, Alina told her mom an interesting event that happened in their classroom. It was not interesting per se but what the child thought about what happened really was. Alina told her mom, "Ma, when my teacher was scolding my classmate this morning she later told him 'Y'all know that I hate children who are liars,right?' and then she looked at me. So I wondered why she had to look at me. Ma, she really doesn't know how to accept her own mistakes, does she? That actually makes her THE liar!" Haha! Take that from a six-year-old. Alina's bluntness about the sad truth can be really endearing if you are not the subject of her attention, that is. Alina's mom just laughed and laughed again when she recounted the story to yours truly. So here I am, inspired by Alina's candid opinion yet again. To the extent of making me blog it cause I know I just gotta share it. It's funny how you can get the real deal of what's going on from a child's mouth when you least expect it. I've known Alina for being all these. She's also a blabbermouth and a comic. She knows how to pull your leg and would immediately say "Joke,joke,joke!" once she gets the exact reaction she wants from you. A liar is she's everything but! If you can't handle the hard truth that comes from Alina's mouth, resorting to accusing her of lying is just simply pa-the-tic! For the sake of argument, let's say the said pinch was not painful, the bottom-line is when you lay a finger on a child as a means to punish them, the physical pain - tolerable or not - eventually goes away. The damage it does to their self-esteem sometimes just won't. That's what you need to be sorry for -- 'nuff said.

Writer's Note: ''This is not a fiction, however, any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.''