A Girl Was Sad After A Boy Called Her Hair Ugly. This Is How Her Teacher Responded

March 26, 2017

Ana Barbara Ferreira, a teacher in Sao Paulo, Brazil, said one of her students was "sad" after being ridiculed by a boy, who had said her hair was "ugly".

Ana Bárbara Ferreira / Facebook

"At that moment, the only thing I could tell her was that she was wonderful and shouldn't care about what he was saying," she wrote on Facebook.

The next day Ferreira came to school with the same hairstyle as the little girl.

Ana Bárbara Ferreira / Facebook

Ferreira wrote:

"Yesterday, my student told me there was a boy saying that her hair was ugly. She was very sad. At that moment, the only thing I could tell her was that she was wonderful and shouldn't care about what he was saying.

"Today, I woke up and remembered what happened and decided to wear the same hairstyle she used to wear. When she saw me, she came running to hug me and say that I was beautiful, and I told her: 'Today I'm beautiful like you!'."

Ferreira has been widely praised on social media. Her post has been liked by more than 146,000 people and shared 30,000 times.