Sri Lankan student goes to UN to protest school attack: "Sir, I was forcibly brought to my knees and pulled by the ear"
"That day my friends and I forgot to bring our textbooks." Adriana, 14, still remembers that day three years ago. But it is by no means a fond memory. "The English sir was just as angry as he was. She says teachers at Gateway School in Negombo often punished students in that way. But that day did not stop there. "Sir, my ears hurt a lot. Besides, when we were on our knees, all the other friends surrounded us from time to time and started laughing." It was a Friday. She told her mother when she got home that she had been abused at school. The mother, who is also a doctor, says that forcing girls to kneel in front of men gives the impression that girls should be humble in front of boys, so no girl should kneel in front of a man. When she went to school the following Monday to complain about it, she received an unusual response from school authorities. The school authorities refused to admit that such an incident had taken p...