Friday, October 14, 2016

A Mom's Reward

This is a re-post from my old blog (A Teacher's Journal)

Jiro* is not the smartest kid in his class. He is just an average eleven-year old boy trying to figure things out. But what makes him special is that.. he is diligent, patient and very efficient for his age.
He enrolled in High School Entrance Test Review last year. Every Saturday and Sunday his mom took him to the center. A very quiet boy, he sat in front, copied notes and asked a lot of questions. He was very friendly with everyone but very serious about the review.

During lunch break, he sat at the corner of the room and very quietly ate the packed lunch prepared by mom (lovingly, for sure).

When the result of the entrance exam came out, we were not surprised to find Jiro's name on the list of passers, nor we surprised to see him at the center to inform us and to thank us. We may not be very expressive about it but we were genuinely happy for Jiro, for making it to the Philippine Science High School.

If we were happy for his passing the test, we were happier to the see the smile on his face and happiest to see the pride and love on his mom's eyes.

Congratulations, Jiro!


*Not real name

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