Today he told me that Swati Ms. Explained ‘The loyal Mongoose’ I enjoyed doing the worksheet too. Firstly he has made achievement not only in academics, but also in other fields too. The child who was afraid water waits for swimming sessions on Thursdays (Thanks to Mushtaq Sir). He loves to play basket ball, badminton and cricket too. One full shelf in my house portrays his pottery work. He wants to operate the computer more than his knowledge.

He has started shouldering responsibilities and likes to be the leader of his group. The child who needed to explain everything to him, has started explaining things to us. He has started reasoning and detects in a minute if someone is making a fool out of him. If you are sweet to him, he will go beyond his limits to do anything for you, but if you are hard on him, he will just go back into his coil. As far as his behavior is concerned, he is a very well behaved child, he does not throw tantrums, but if anything goes wrong with someone, and he is not given a chance to tell his version, or is just asked to say sorry or be quiet, he starts crying. When I ask him why do you cry, as boys never cry. He tells me that he feels helpless that noon wants to listen to his clarifications or his reason for doing what he has done.

He has his own group of friends in the building who play cricket in the evening at 5:00. They are a team with Sach. After cricket all his friends go for tuitions as I learn everything in school and can do my studies and homework without a tuition teacher. This feeling of independence make me feel so proud of him.

Whenever you give him a responsibility, he feels so capable and strong. After coming back from L.A.K., he is a totally changed personality. More well mannered, more independent (his dependence on me, has come to a stop) such never been away me (except for the last camp in 2010) which he hated very much, but this time he is so happy and wants to go again for the camp. He enjoyed being on his own, maybe I was overshadowing his potentials by my undue worries. But now he has outgrown all his fears and thanks to you all out there even I am tension free.

Sometimes he gets confused, when at two different times he is given to different reactions for the same event. Lets say if someone hits him, once he is told come and tell your teacher in school or at home come to mummy and tell her and at other times is told if someone has hit you, go hit him, don’t complain don’t be a complaint box.

So he comes to me and asks me what am I supposed to do and do I complain or do I retaliate. I am speechless. As for him I am in double mind, do I let him struggle out himself and find his own way in society or do I keep him dependent on me for such things.

After six months of joining L.A. Sach told a man in the BEST bus to put his elbow inside the window as his hand may get cut. The man said, why are you bothered, I like sitting this way. But Sach replied ‘this is the wrong way and you will get hurt’. The man was taken aback, he praised Sach guts for making him realize that he was actually wrong. He praised our school for building such confidence in a child who can say wrong to what is actually wrong.

When I informed the school, Jehangir Sir was very happy with what Sach did he distributed pamphlet in every childs bag. But now when he tells us, when we do something wrong or to someone else I don’t know how to stop him, we as parents may take it lightly but others may feel upset that a kid is telling you on your face that you are wrong. But I am very very hopeful that L.A. teachers will graph his personality at a much higher level. Do guide me too in this context. As teachers words are full and final for him. He will never make any alterations to what his teachers have told him or taught him. He loves you all and we (my family) respect you for all the pains you take for my son.

P.S. Sach has made Jehangir Sir his ideal. He wants to become Jehangir Sir when he grows up. Without Jehangir Sir’s help and concern. I wouldn’t have been able to manage him in L.A. I admit it took me quite a long time to realize what Jehangir Sir had in store for Sach was actually the right path. Sach and many more children like him need Jehangir Sir and the entire L.A. team to show them the right path in their lives.

“THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING THERE”