So, I lived in India as a foreigner over 12 years ago now and, back in both 4th and 5th grade, our class teachers would record our weights and heights(I don’t remember if this one a year or for every term) and would later be written in our report card for our parents
As fat kid, having to step on the scale in front of the whole class was humiliating and its not like they did anything with those numbers. They didn’t mention them to parents, didn’t make life style changes recommendations. The least they could have done was take those measurements in private and not in front of the whole class
Is this still a practice Today in India school? Was it popular during the 2010(I lived there from 2012-2014)? For people who had their measurements taken, especially other fat kids, how did it feel?
What about other parts of the world?
Yes i did, and then they lost it or something stupid. Government claims i have no medical history prior to covid. UK.
This wasn’t for a report card though, it was just because screening kids at school is more efficient. So it’s like a survey of childhood health and in the process they can give vaccines or check for headlice.
Did they record it against your name or did they just record some number of kids without overly caring about who they are? Might be why you don’t have it as a medical history entry.
I think it was against my name because i actually missed the weight day and then they sent a nurse to get my weight another day.
I remember going to the doctors a lot as a kid, too, and being vaccinated whenever offered. Baffling. The most annoying thing really is that they want to know your vaccination history when you join university and I had no idea what exactly I’d taken, just that i’d taken everything.
Basically my childhood GP office must have just set fire to all their records or something.