All Making Sense

Camilla’s students giggling behind the back was now justified. All the teachers who tried to ignore her and sat on separate tables during the lunchtime were now making sense to her. She felt shattered at that moment with nowhere to go, no one to talk to.

Never Going Back

Camilla couldn’t believe that all this time everyone around her was aware of it but herself. She was embarrassed to ever go to the school again and face those people who used to make fun of her behind her back. It was one feeling none of us would ever want to feel.

Are They Whispering?

“I was so focused on ‘Do I smell? Do I smell? Are they saying things? Are they whispering? Are they laughing about me?’” Camilla recalled the day when she had to face the bitter reality. She had an interview with the ABC News but she never revealed her last name. 

Smelly Auditorium

“I didn’t know why I was emitting such a strong odor, I mean, it can fill an entire room. Recently, it filled an auditorium,” recalled Camilla of the day when she joined her students in the auditorium on the school’s annual day. Everyone could smell the rotten fish smell but no one could know its source back then.

Miss Fishy

Camilla once heard one of her students calling her  “Miss Fishy”. She even recalled the comments they passed, and now she knew it was all for her. While entering the classroom, one of the students said, “Ew, this classroom stinks like dead fish.” 

Absurd Questions

Camilla remembered, “One of my teachers asked me if I was showering every day. From that point on, she kind of sat me in the corner of the classroom. Kids would call me a freak. They would tell me I smelled like horse manure [and] dead fish.”