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Well-Trained Professionals III

Rahul Chandani, 6, fell on the playground at Devonshire Elementary School in Skokie, Ill. It was icy and snow-covered, and he slipped. “His teacher told him, ‘You’re a big boy — I can’t carry you’,” says his mother, so the boy crawled back to class. His mother pointed out that school officials should have known he was injured: he had a lump on his head “the size of a tennis ball” and complained of being dizzy. “As soon as I saw him I knew something was wrong.” Yet they didn’t have him medically evaluated, or call an ambulance. He had a broken leg and a concussion, and ended up being out of school for six weeks, and in rehab for six months. The family is suing the school district, charging negligence. (RC/Chicago Sun Times) ...They made him crawl, so maybe it’s time to make them crawl.