After all the news about being "irresponsible" and "irrational", a mother came to school with her child but omitted to tell us that she is having a fever earlier in the week. Her health declaration form said that she was not having fever, cough and breathlessness. In truth, she has been having a fever AND she has been at the hougang polyclinic involved in the SARS case on the very day. The contact tracing had not reached her yet and her husband, fearing HQO told the mother to "not tell" the school about her fever, but bring the child to school as usual. Imagine our fears when by chance, she told another mother that she has been unwell and was found to have a fever more than 38c. She was then sent home immediately but she and her child has been in school for the last few days.

I cannot imagine how people can be so selfish. We work in an environment with children who cannot help it but may have a tendency to drool, have poor oral hygiene and may bite people. We have close contact with our children because of the nature of our jobs. Here we are, being so careful for the sake of our children so as to not accidentally infect anyone incase we are sick, but there are just some selfish individuals who would put other children and adults at risk. Mind you, our children aren't the most resislient people either.

Appalling.

Later the mother's fever subside and she said doctor certify that she is okie. Thankfully it was not the dreadful SARS. But still, the whole experience is horrible. Imagine if it were to be SARS... Ignorance is not an excuse. It is wilful selfishness and that cannot be condoned.