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Chapter 5 Selective mutism and my high school years
I became a senior in high school.
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I became a senior in high school.
My class was a looping class. My homeroom teacher was the same as before, so were almost all of my classmates. But only A, the most beautiful girl in my class, moved to other class. She was an outstanding student, so she moved to the class which is made up of excellent students.
College entrance exams were approaching within a year. As a college oriented class, teachers assigned us more homework. In addition to school homework, we students did our own studies to pass the entrance exams. We needed to study harder.
Therefore, my interest in overcoming selective mutism became less and less.
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At that time, the relationship between M and I changed dramatically. But I won't even go into detail. I'll let you imagine the rest.
* M was my female classmate. When she and I were in the sixth grade, there was a rumor that she loved me.
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When we became a senior, our English grammar teacher changed. He was a strict teacher. He had a stern look on his face. But he was lenient only with me. I guess that's probably because he thought I was obedient and serious student. In Japan, if a mute and quite student like me study hard and get high marks in tests, he or she are more likely to be regarded as an obedient and serious student.
Another possibility is he thought that he should not take strict attitude toward me, because I was so shy. I guess he thought that I'll be too daunted if he was strict with me.
Like him, there were many strict teachers in my school, but no one took strict attitude almost only toward me. I was fearful of them.
(To be continued)
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