The beauty of being a teacher is that you get to inspire your children, and be inspired in return...
Being a part of the six-man 'prefects selection committee' in my school has afforded me the opportunity to meet a lot of amazing and ambitious students; All vying for the dignified position of being one of the school prefects. Blessing was/is one of those students.
Today, I had the opportunity to talk to Blessing, and she inspired me....
Blessing is a beautiful young girl. She is well mannered and eloquent too. What's even more awesome is, she's a straight A student...
While interviewing her for the position of school prefect, we discovered that she is often late to school.
After looking through her results,
So I asked her.... "Why are you always late to school? You do know that to be a prefect, you would have to be in school very early everyday. How do you plan to cope with that responsibility?"
She smiled... Did I mention she has a beautiful smile?... "We(her parents) have a shop. I help out in the shop everyday and every night we come back home very late."
"How late?" Someone asked.
"Sometimes 12am.... Sometimes 11pm"
I was visibly stunned. "Where do you find the time to read then? Cos you're doing really well in your studies!"
"I read in school," She said. "Because there's no time to read at home."
"I'm impressed!" I reply... "This goes to show that anyone who truly wants to succeed against all odds, will definitely succeed"....
I got back home today and I thought about Blessing. A young girl who has to help her parents everyday to make ends meet. Who works long hours and yet finds the time to pursue her dreams, to be the best in her class and probably one of the best students in school.
These are the kind of kids that leave you with the yearning to be better... to do better...
If she can go through all the stress and still shine through.... Why can't I? Why can't you?
Something tells me that I and Blessing are going to be very good friends... I know there's so much to learn from her!
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