W6 | Nostalgia of the Little Me : A Childhood Story That Taught You Something

One of the most positive things that taught me something important in my childhood was my early experience with education especially learning how to read and understand things on my own.
When I was young, education felt like something simple at first. It was just going to school, listening to the teacher, and trying to remember what was written on the board. But everything changed the day I truly understood how to read properly and learn for myself.

One of my childhood incidents I want to share is something powerful about education which happen when I was in primary school which my parents helped me gain admission into the primary school back then and I have learnt so many lessons From them since I started the primary school for example one of the lessons was how to respect my elders.

I remember when I was eight years old in my primary school my teacher gave me reading assignments which I find it difficult to do and I have to take it to my parent to help me to help me do my assignment. My childhood incidents about education was not all that easy because I find it difficult to always understand what the teacher use to teach us back then words where very difficult to pronounce and read back then.

When it was my turn to read aloud, my voice shook. I stumbled over simple sentences, paused too often, and mispronounced words. Some classmates laughed quietly. My face burned with embarrassment, and I wished the ground would swallow me up.That day, I decided something in my mind,maybe I was just not good at learning.

When I got home, I threw my school bag on the floor and told my mother I didn’t want to read anymore, but my mom said I should give up I should continue reading so every time am back from school my mom used to teach me and guide me on how to read and pronounce.

I was nine years old when my childhood story taught me something that education was the key to success and I saw education as forever in mind. One afternoon I was in classroom trying to draw s diagram that was given to us as and assignment but I couldn't draw it because I felt like given up in education because it has been hard at that age with me in my primary school that I felt things very hard to do.

That day I also learnt multiplication and for some reason nothing made sense to me I felt like everything was getting though to me my classroom was quite because I was very confused when am always ask to come out to the board and solve a little multiplication I was always ashamed because I do always fail to deliver everytime I was called to solve a problem . When my teacher ask a question everyone raised their hands except me ,I always kept my head down, staring at my notebook as if the answer would magically appear if I looked hard enough.
From that day I just took my unseriouness as a lesson and from my 15years I started been serious and I was able to get familiar with problems solving concerning education .

During the incident, my emotions felt like a storm inside me. I was so confused I stared at the number of people in my classroom and I felt lost I couldn't even talk to any of my classmates because of how dump I was in the classroom, like everyone else understood the language and the subject that was been taught in the class but I was left behind because I was dull.

Then fear came,fear of been called upon to answer questions in classroom, fear of been laughed when am call upon and for a brief moment I also felt shame. After sometimes everything began to change I no longer use to be the same when my teacher speak kindly and helped me understand I first got relief, when he started organising a private tutorial with me after class explanation became clear and relief slowly and turned into hope that I'll understand as time goes on

After the incident, the strongest emotion I carried with me was pride. Not because I was perfect, but because I didn’t give up. I also felt gratitude and grateful for patience, for guidance, and for the chance to learn instead of being judged.Most importantly, I felt courage and I thank my teacher who took it so seriously with me by organising an extra lesson for me.

The biggest lesson I have learnt from my experience is that understanding something is not failure it is the begining of learning. Since that day I believe that being wrong was not smart enough I even thought that education was for people who understand things quickly. The moment I started becoming good and serious in education it was something different which was okay and nice.

I also realised that patience is also the best because my teacher took time to explain things for me instead of judging me that is why I understood how important we need to be patience, slow down and take things seriously.Most importantly, I learned that support and kindness can change everything. A little encouragement can turn fear into confidence and confusion into clarity.

The lesson has shaped my life today by making me face most challenges in life till today I don't think I can give up in anything have failed to make the first time. First it changed how I see difficulties whenever something feels hard and confusing, I no longer panic or give up quickly I keep on believing that confusion is the path to success in life instead of falling back.

It also taught me to believe in progress,not perfection I don't even pressure myself to understand everything at the same time because it is not all that easy. Immediately,I start focusing on improving little by little by learning new skills, solving problems and facing challenges, all my picture here are gotten from @bossj23. I therefore invite @bossj23, @peacemike and @Christabela to participate in the contest.