ABSTRACT
Anita sits at the back of the class. The teacher introduces the lesson and invites children to read the first paragraph of the worksheet that he has prepared. Few hands are raised, so he asks a boy at the front to read. The boy starts enthusiastically but gets stuck on a word. The teacher says the word, the boy repeats it and then carries on. Again he stumbles over a word and is once corrected, gently, by the teacher. Three lines into the text he is struggling with all but the simplest words. Some children in the class giggle at his predicament so the teacher picks another child to carry on reading. Anita loses concentration and starts to whisper to her friend sitting next to her. At first the teacher does not notice her, but eventually, following a loud guffaw, Anita draws attention to herself.
