Defining Moment

I was 12 years old in my 7^th Grade, just transferred into a big city school from a small town when my dad got a transfer. I was now living with my loving and caring grandparents.

I didn’t realize but I was getting behind in the school as the curriculum in my new school is very high in standard compared to the old one. I started having troubles especially with Math problem solving skills. I was trying to get back on track but it was getting very tough and intimidating for me. So, one day our math teacher declared a practice test for us. And I knew I am not prepared for the test yet and going to perform horribly. It was not just the fear of failing in the test but I also feared how about my other school friends will think about me if they come to know i failed in the test and I am not a good in my studies as my reports for earlier school claim for. So, for the whole week after my teacher declares the test, I am pondering how to avoid the test instead of preparing for it. So, at the day on the test, when my friend was out there in front of the gate of our house I panicked and told my grandpa , will you please tell her I am not feeling well ; I am having a terrible stomachache and I can’t make it today.

My grandpa guessed what was the matter and told my friend whatever I wanted him to tell her. After she is gone, he took me in his confidence and asked me what the real issue was. In tears told him all my fears about the horrible math puzzles. I thought he is going to scold me on my untruthfulness and faking an excuse. But, he didn’t do any of that. He very gently, he told me that now onwards we are going to practice my Math puzzles 2 hours every day. And I started doing it with him. He showed me a couple of tricks for calculating %s, and how to remember formulas, etc. We started discussing it on dinner tables, on our morning walks, working in the gardens. And in few days I actually started liking the Maths and also started getting confidence that I “can do” it. Now the time came for our next test Math test and this time I didn’t do any excuse. I not only passed the test but I was one of the top scorers.

So, here I am, I got my lesson in my early childhood days from my grandpa, It is easy to run away the problems and issues and your shortcoming daunting you. But if you face them straight on the face and worked on them instead on running away from them, you not only resolve the but conquer them. SO, NEVER LET YOURSELF TO FALL APART.