I was on bus number 22 and I came across this little boy who is
definitely 12yo or younger. I would guess he's 9 or 10 years
old.
What surprised me the most is that he is mentally ill! I wonder
does his parents know about it. And if they know, why was he
travelling alone?
I thought he was talking on the phone at first. Then I realised
he wasn't holding a mobile phone. Then I tried to convince myself
that he has a bluetooth headset on the ear that I couldn't see. But
I can't help but notice his topics are repeated over and over
again. For the whole journey of about an hour, his topic revolved
around money, friends, fights, going to see satan and going to hell
and other things that I couldn't catch.
I can't think of what kind of stress pushed this kid to the
breaking point. His chinese is good (I mean his pronunciation), so
this lead me to believe that he couldn't possibly be that bad in
school after all.
What kind of stress could it be? Family problems? Stress in
school? Or a combination of both? Is our education system and
society to be blamed?
