Week 11, 14 Nov. Assignment 1 - Ears.

It is a story of a high school girl, Jojo.

Jojo and Mandy are seatmate and also best friend. Jojo has some hearing problem so that she cannot hear people clearly. Since their seats are in the last row and are at the corner of the classroom, Jojo’s hearing problem becomes more serious. All she heard is like people mumbling. Therefore, she can’t follow up what her teachers teaching so she asks Mandy to repeat and explain very frequently. Mandy is quite a patient person, she repeats for her everytime and never get annoyed or mad. Although she repeats for her everytime but it does not mean she permits her to continue her whole life in this way. As Jojo’s best friend, she always asks her to visit the doctor randomly. However, Jojo uses different excuses to refuse her advices.

Jojo is a very attractive and friendly person. She is that kind of girl have a lot of friends, no matter boy or girl. One day during the recess time, she is chatting with a group of friends. Her friends tease when she misheard something. However, the atmosphere is joyous and happily. Suddenly, some not so loud noises comes from outside the classroom. The noises is very low in volume, even some of her friend still don’t know what is happening outside the classroom. They shocked when Jojo tells them it’s the couple quarreling. The noise becomes louder gradually then they only realized Jojo is true. Suddenly, the couple enter the classroom. Their volume is louder than just now.

They stopped for a while to figure out what happening but then they continue their conversation because there is none of their business and they can’t help anything. At the same time, Jojo’s face turns pale and she stop talking. After a few minutes, the couple still quarreling. Jojo suddenly stood up from her chair and tell them she is going to toilet then she leave the classroom. She enters the toilet and sits on the toilet bowl. Her head starting aching. The quarrel sound of the couple keep floating in her head. She uses her hands to cover her ears tightly but the sound becomes clearer and clearer. But the voices changed. It’s not the voices of the couple anymore, it’s the voices of the people that Jojo used to know. Her parents’ voices.

A flashback appears in her brain. The time throwbacks to her primary school time. The time when her parents argue every day. The young Jojo covered her ears hardly every time when her parents quarreling but she still can hear that. So then she gave up covering her ears and she tried to ignore every sounds.

Ignoring the sound from surroundings gradually became her habit. Once she realized her bad habit, everything is too late. She can’t focus on hearing anymore but only sensitive to the sound when people quarrelling furiously.