VIRAL: Excuse letter of a student who was absent because he has nothing to eat

VIRAL: Excuse letter of a student who was absent because he has nothing to eat

Many are saddened by the contents of an excuse letter of a student who was absent from his class for a few days - The student's teacher himself shared it on his Facebook account. The post quickly went viral and reaped thousands of sad emoticons from netizens.



One teacher shared a picture of an excuse letter from his student who had been absent for three days. From the letter it says, the student was absent because he has no rice to eat, because his father was not able to drive a pedicab.

From the Facebook post of Jen Dullente, a public school teacher in Cagayan de Oro, this excuse letter from her student provided her a realization. "As I read my students' excuse letter, a magnitude of realization slaps me! That's why I choose to be a TEACHER. To lend a hand to students like them and make them realize that poverty is not a wall to break but an opportunity to climb and see what's lies behind. "


This post by Dullente has garnered thousands of sad emoticons from netizens that have touched hearts for the student or his family.