I wanna talk about this cousin of mine again, the kid I talked about in a previous post. As you can see, I promised him something. It's more like a trade, actually. A bet, to be more precise. The thing is, his grades weren't doing great. I talked to his father about it and he told me that my cousin wasn't stupid, it was just that he wasn't taking his studies seriously.
I admire this father's faith in his son though. Even if all odds are against his son, he still got his son's back. I guess, it's a father thing.
Well, he's a smart kid. He takes prides on the paper ribbons that I never got in my school days. Of the grades that I didn't get. He always asked me, "big brother, did you get highest mark in class? oh you don't? but I do." I shrug it off, doesn't affect me anymore of this hieneous remarks. Sometimes, it does do, I'm just good at shrugging it off. But what his father did said was true, he isn't taking things seriously.
To be fair, scores and marks shouldn't be much a big deal when it comes to studying. All that matters is the experience that you accumulate. Learning is one thing, though, but if you didn't experience a lot of things, then you'd be just someone who'd be calling the diploma as paper fuel for fire and the ribbon as decorated pins... just like me, I guess?
Anyhow, I made a promise to this kid, I'd give him my phone IF and only IF he shows me three new ribbons of the highest top in their class. This, I'm hearing from his parents, he is dedicated in doing.
Earlier this week, I ask his father how my cousin was doing and I was amazed that he was studying and taking things seriously in class now. So much different from the month before.
The dilemma here then is whether his commitment and dedication is focused on himself growing and learning or was it all for the sake of getting my phone?
Either way, I hope I get to save up for a new phone before this kid win.
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