That Difficult Child!

Dear parents and teachers,

There will be that one difficult child in your class and life like me, who despite having immense potential in various things, would spend loads of time dreaming, questioning everything ( may seem as though they are born to only question!) , totally in love with learning but not showing it in the grades that are expected.. may look as though they never read the questions on the paper before answering despite knowing so much.. trying and experimenting despite knowing that its dangerous because the fun of trying something new, overrides all logic.. when the world wants something out of every bit of learning that’s done but that child just learns because its fun to learn.. doing the same stuff that everyone does seems safe and normal to others but to that child it’s absolutely boring and they can’t bring themselves to the fact that they have to do it everyday.. finding ways that may seem to be defying rule books but actually another interpretation of the same rules is their life.. that child who seems to understand the high concepts of the cosmos but not the basic, regular, normal instructions.. who seems like a sage one moment and a toddler still in their terrible two’s the other.. it may seem like they are wasting all that they have and not becoming the already set safe examples..

But let me assure you that they will become something that will become an example for others.. just like how I did though not in the timelines that the world expects.. you just read, Robert Frost’s poetry of ” The road not taken” to them but they live it.. they will find their own “something” that is not defined yet.. they will convert what looks like a day dream into reality.. they will add more to the list of “jobs that define the future”.. they will find more career paths.. they will find vocations that are both satisfying to soul and society..

Just be there.. give your support and love.. just create a safe place.. just listen.. they will find solutions to all their unique problems by themselves.. accept that we don’t know or have solutions to all problems.. never ever trim their wings.. make sure, you help them learn about themselves and life and not feel guilty for who they are.. just because they have high learning abilities it doesn’t mean their needs are less and their life’s are easy.. the asynchrony is very difficult to live with, even at higher ends.. to an extent that the rest of the normal world can’t understand.. when you don’t understand atleast don’t judge.. give them memories that will make them feel safe and loved.

by an ex – “that difficult child”