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Old Dec 06, 2004, 04:19 PM
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At school, i help out with a younger class, and well one of the guys is partially sighted, so i mainly help him by reading out things to him in french, but there is also a boy with limited english, as he has just moved here from China.

But, there is also a girl in the class who i suspect has bad anxiety problems, and possibly other things too, but i don't know because i've never been told, i can only guess from her actions etc.

Anyway last week i was put to work with her, which was fine. But whilst the teacher was speaking I noticed she kept playing with the sleeve of her jumper and she pulled it up a couple of times and i'm sure i saw little cuts/scratches on her wrist and arm, it was dark so i couldnt see properly wihtout staring, but i felt really akward after, really wanting to say something and let her know that i know what she's feeling and that she could speak to me or whatever but i didnt want to incase i was either totally wrong or im sure it would be a breach of some kind of school policy or something.

But i feel really bad for her and i don't know if i should say anything to the school or the teacher, because i know i wouldnt like that, but i'm too scared to say something to her. I was thinking, "God, she's only 13!" but then i thought i was 14 when i started to cut and people start alot younger than that, and it really disheartened me.

Any ideas on what i should do?
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