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Some children do not like school. In Japan that familiar dislike has reached alarming proportions. About 50,000 unhappy youngsters a year (out of a total schoolage population of 20 million) suffer what Japanese behavioral experts call school phobia. School phobia is distinguished from other common childhood and adolescent psychological and emotional disorders by the patient’s reaction to, and fear of, the idea of going to school.

A doctor on a house call found a thirteen -year- old Tokyo boy who had not been to school in more than a year. He lived in a darkened room, receiving his food through a narrow opening under the door and lashing out violently at his parents if they came too close. Once the boy was placed in a psychiatric ward for treatment, he again became an open, seemingly healthy youngster. When he was sent home, however, his symptoms returned, and he was never able to go back to school.
School phobia can be cured, usually with tranquilizers and psychological methods. Rehabilitation takes about two years. Yet victims who are put in clinics or mental wards often prefer to stay there. Their day is filled with activities liking knitting, painting, music, free time, and sports.
The purpose of paragraph 2 is toA. show the large number of victims of school phobia.
B. show that the problem can be cured.
C. bring out the writer’s point of view.
D. present an example of school phobia.

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