SURMISE- FREE

By Ali Akbar Shah

“Free them from surmise or their talent will be demised” …

Everyone is special and born with a peculiar talent that needs to be recognized but lamentably that talent is perished under the heap of expectations of our parents and society on us. Mostly, parents have their expectations on their children since their birth. The expectations that, were never accomplished by them and were abundant with time. They fantasy their children to fulfill it for them. These expectations of parents on their children can somehow prove to be perilous.

Consider what if Shoaib Akhtar’s mother wanted him to be a singer? Or what if Nazia Hassan’s parents would have coerced her to marry someone?  If their talents couldn’t have been discovered then the World would have missed the bowling sensation like Shoaib Akhtar and a remarkable singer in Nazia Hassan. Seems pretty cataclysmic no? Such gems could never have been perceived if expectations were laid on them.

What our society fails to recognize is the talent and potential in their children. Education is not only about learning but also is a development of one’s talent.  Education is beyond marks and grades.  Education develops the character of a person and helps them to become a better person.  But it’s a matter of great grief, how we interpret education as a process of helping the child grab higher grades.

 Everyone in us were targeted by the criticism for not securing higher marks and were been compared with our siblings on the basis of marks and good grades. Merely, because of this criticism a child determines having higher grades and marks as his only objective by every mean possible due to which his character develops to be selfish one.

 A change can brought in our society by just asking our child instead of securing good grades, they should try to help others. Simple questions like “Who did you help today? “or “ To whom did you make happy? “ can bring change in the psychology of our children. They will consider helping others as their topmost priority and turn out to be humanitarian.

 By just with the concept of helping others, a group of humanitarian can be developed that can bring up the change for a better World.