Children’s good grades console anxious parents
Apr 04, 2004
Dear Andrew,<br>I am a boy aged 17. My father recently got a second wife and started beating up my mother, and now he hates us. My grades have started falling.
Dear Andrew,
I am a boy aged 17. My father recently got a second wife and started beating up my mother, and now he hates us. My grades have started falling.
Teachers have counselled me, and my friends in school have tried encouraging me to focus on my studies though they don’t know the cause of my declining grades. What should I do?
Worried Tom.
Dear Tom,
I appreciate your openness. I cannot underscore the challenges that have and still affect students at school and in their studies. I will try to help. To the rest, let this be your opportunity to get advice.
There are many challenges in life that affect academic performance, especially that of adolescents. Social or domestic problems have far-reaching consequences.
Talking about polygamy and domestic violence is not easy because people may not understand your pain. Keeping all these negative and painful feelings to yourself may lead to poor grades, which teachers may attribute to laziness.
Tom, thank God you have teachers concerned about your studies and friends to advise you.
The best way to overcome any life challenges is to diagnose the root cause of the problem. Then the prescription is easy to get.
you have discovered the root of the problem, which is:
a) social problems at home,
b) your grades have nose-dived greatly.
Your father may have chosen to get a second wife but what about you? What is your vision and goal?
I will not replay all that your teachers have said. I want to deal with the real you.
The decision is now yours. Your success does not depend on the decision of others or their life. But you can use them as opportunities for you to focus better. You should dream of a better life and work at achieving it.
Thank God you are still in school. Therefore, make use of this chance by studying hard so as to jump the UNEB hurdle at the end with good grades. This is the way to work at your freedom.
Feelings of unease can wreck your future. A fighter is one who never quits but completely defeats any challenge or challenger. Any one who allows defeat to come his way falls on the way. Events come to your life not to break you down but to change your life for the better.
The time for searching for solutions and consultations is over now. It is time for a decision and action. In case of any improvement be thrilled by the reform in your life however trivial it may seem.
I encourage you to read biographies of successful leaders. Tom (and other friends of mine in school).
I want you to remember that the only one who is getting between you and your dream is YOU. The only way to defeat what your father is doing is by working hard and excelling at your studies so that you can have a bright future.
Your good performance will also take away some of your mother’s unhappiness. Good luck!
The writer is a teacher.
kirondea2002@yahoo.
com
I am a boy aged 17. My father recently got a second wife and started beating up my mother, and now he hates us. My grades have started falling.
Teachers have counselled me, and my friends in school have tried encouraging me to focus on my studies though they don’t know the cause of my declining grades. What should I do?
Worried Tom.
Dear Tom,
I appreciate your openness. I cannot underscore the challenges that have and still affect students at school and in their studies. I will try to help. To the rest, let this be your opportunity to get advice.
There are many challenges in life that affect academic performance, especially that of adolescents. Social or domestic problems have far-reaching consequences.
Talking about polygamy and domestic violence is not easy because people may not understand your pain. Keeping all these negative and painful feelings to yourself may lead to poor grades, which teachers may attribute to laziness.
Tom, thank God you have teachers concerned about your studies and friends to advise you.
The best way to overcome any life challenges is to diagnose the root cause of the problem. Then the prescription is easy to get.
you have discovered the root of the problem, which is:
a) social problems at home,
b) your grades have nose-dived greatly.
Your father may have chosen to get a second wife but what about you? What is your vision and goal?
I will not replay all that your teachers have said. I want to deal with the real you.
The decision is now yours. Your success does not depend on the decision of others or their life. But you can use them as opportunities for you to focus better. You should dream of a better life and work at achieving it.
Thank God you are still in school. Therefore, make use of this chance by studying hard so as to jump the UNEB hurdle at the end with good grades. This is the way to work at your freedom.
Feelings of unease can wreck your future. A fighter is one who never quits but completely defeats any challenge or challenger. Any one who allows defeat to come his way falls on the way. Events come to your life not to break you down but to change your life for the better.
The time for searching for solutions and consultations is over now. It is time for a decision and action. In case of any improvement be thrilled by the reform in your life however trivial it may seem.
I encourage you to read biographies of successful leaders. Tom (and other friends of mine in school).
I want you to remember that the only one who is getting between you and your dream is YOU. The only way to defeat what your father is doing is by working hard and excelling at your studies so that you can have a bright future.
Your good performance will also take away some of your mother’s unhappiness. Good luck!
The writer is a teacher.
kirondea2002@yahoo.
com