Prejudice, discrimination must be nipped in bud

A 13-YEAR-OLD BOY, surnamed Zhou, returned to school after his successful treatment for cancer. However, the rumor spread among the other children that he suffered from an infectious disease, as a result he suffered from discrimination as the other children feared they would be infected. China Daily reporter Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

It is hard to imagine a boy as young as 12 years old suffering from cancer. Actually, both the cancer and its treatment were rather painful and Zhou, who had fought cancer for one year must be a brave boy.

And he is a hardworking boy, too. Having been absent for one year, he got 97.5 points in mathematics.