My Perspective

Never judge students by their grades!

Dedicated to essiechoi

As I said previously, students have things (which influences their grades) going on ,apart from coming to school they have personal lives,I hope this story will explain better;

  A young boy and his younger sister lived happily together with their father and mother,but when he was eight years old,his mum and sister moved to another state and he stayed only with his father. When he clocked ten,his mum and sister started visiting during Christmas, so he always looked forward to that period. Sometimes he would ask his father why his mum and sis weren't always around and his reply was;"Your mum is doing her work in that state,it's very important to her and your sister is very young & attached to her,that's why she stays with your mum".
The boy would then wonder that why can't his mum work close to home,why must she go faraway just because of work. Later he would forget all about it.

On one night,he wanted to wish his parents "good night", before going to bed, just as he was about knocking on their door,he heard his mum's voice saying; "It's because of this your attitude that I left this house some years back,I thought after some time you would change and realise your mistakes,but that seems impossible, I can't take this anymore, it's better to get a divorce and make it official, after all we are already living separately, I'm just making efforts to come here,only because of our children, if you can't hand over our son to me,just make sure you take good care of him,don't worry about our daughter, she's fine with me,she's just five years old,I'm sure as she grows up she will forget that she ever had a father or a brother!".
His father then replied;" I don't care,do what you like! ".Then his mum left the room and banged the door,the boy quickly ran to his room,so that she wouldn't know he had been eavesdropping.

It was the shock of his life,because,before he didn't know anything was wrong between his parents. He went back to the sitting room to check up on his mum,he hid by the side of the door,so she wouldn't see him,he peeped and saw her crying and at that moment he understood what had been going on between his parents.
He reasoned that when he was eight, his mum left the house because of the misunderstanding and conflict with his dad,not because of her work,and maybe his dad didn't let her take him along because he preferred him to his sister, different thoughts ran through his mind and he was in great shock.

  The next day his mum and sister said their goodbyes and wanted to return to where they lived,but because of what he heard last night he wanted them to stay,he cried and said he can't live without them,his mum's heart melted for her son,but she had no choice but to leave because her marriage had turn into a living hell for her. Then his father told him to be a man and stop crying like an emotional girl, and at last they left. Since that day,they never came visiting again, he would ask his father about them but he always gave one excuse or the other for them not coming home.

Time passed and he missed his mum and sister each day,he felt he was all alone,then he summed up the courage to ask his father;"Are you and mom divorced?" His father was shocked that his son could ask such a question,then he replied ; "No,but don't worry about seeing them again,I'm here to take care of you and give you anything you need". The boy then said  "ok" ,when he actually wanted to say;"Dad,you said you'll give me all I need,but can you give me the motherly love I really need!",but he didn't want to sound rude,so he kept his thoughts to himself.

  He also liked drawing,he expresses his feelings through it,but his father is against it,he wants him to become an engineer,anytime his dad saw his artwork, he would tear it and say;"focus on becoming an engineer, not this rubbish". He was forced to science class as an aspiring engineer.