Special Needs by Sinisa Kovacic
Author:Sinisa Kovacic
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-01-20T11:03:17+00:00
The Teacher
While I was bed-ridden for a few days I missed out on some important things in school. Important because they were about the show, the allocation of roles in the school play, the recital and the songs. There was so much excitement: who would do this and who would do that. It looked to me as if I wouldnât be doing anything. But maybe that was just how it looked. Because things sometimes look one way and later turn out another. Whatever. Hanging up the Christmas and New Yearâs decorations made me happy and I thought about snow. If only it would snow, then everything would be perfect.
And then the same thing that had happened to mum, happened to the teacher.
At first, I didnât know what it was and why she looked different. On the outside she was the same. Her face and make-up hadnât changed. But there was something about the softer, slower way she was moving. So I just looked and listened, waiting for it to reveal itself. Because if it didnât reveal itself to me right away, it would do so later. Thatâs how things always were with me.
Maybe I got on her nerves. Maybe it was like the problem I had with Auntie Zrinka. She told me several times that I should be looking not at her but at my notebook and doing the assignments sheâd given us, adding that they werenât printed on her forehead or jumper or skirt. She knew, even when she turned around, that I was staring at her back. I looked down. At my shoes, where else? Which didnât stop me from listening.
Our second lesson was art. The teacher told us to take out what weâd made with modelling clay and put it on our desks. I immediately noticed that Natalia had made a beautiful clay model of her mother. An added touch was the newborn baby cradled in her mumâs arms. Thatâs how we learnt that she wasnât an only child anymore. Now she had a brother. I saw Natalia look strangely at what Iâd made. Still, she didnât say it was either pretty or ugly, just:
âI clearly explained to your mother what we had to make for our homework.â
I didnât say anything. I wanted to say that there was no problem. Iâd understood the assignment, but just then the teacher walked up to our desks. She praised Nataliaâs work in front of the whole class and said that the best Christmas present a family could receive was a brother or sister. And to portray it all so beautifully with modelling clay. I agreed with her. I wanted a brother or sister too. I just didnât know how it was done. Was it like with caterpillars or different somehow? I still didnât agree with the teacher on anything, but that was nothing new:
âEmil? Again? Can you please tell me what your piece is supposed to represent?â
âMuâ¦um.â
âMum? Really?â
â?!â
âAlright, then letâs describe her. The way we just did with Nataliaâs piece! OK?â
No, itâs not OK, I said to myself.
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