Aspirations of a Mother

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    “Sky is the limit”, to reach which we must spread our wings and fly. This is the face of the children associated with Spoorthi Foundation, who have passed 10th standard board examination. Every child has a dream, a dream to succeed.

     When we met the children and their parents, we realized how wonderful it is to be a part of their life, and doing our little for them to fulfill their dreams. We wanted to know what they aspire to become and what their parents expect from them. Hence we further thought of speaking with them about their approach towards their interests and how much they are aware of various career options. We were also keen in knowing the impact of our program on them and what they feel about us.

                                        Conversation with Master Pruthvik

       During this session, we spoke to Pruthvik and his mother. The moment we started knowing Pruthvik and his mother, we could understand how important his education and career was to them. They didn't have distinct idea about the opportunities and various fields available to opt for. Having scored 74% in the 10th examination, Mr. Santhosh had counselled and advised him to take up Diploma in Mechanical. Even as he had little interest in this field, he couldn't realize, till Mr. Santhosh elaborated him further on it. He was guided on what is the admission procedure, college availability and other needful steps to be taken.

Pruthvik and his Mother

Pruthvik is a curious child and interested to learn new things. He said it's not that he has particular liking towards any subject but wants to learn all the subjects. Thus, when he was counselled it was important to understand depth of knowledge he has for a particular subject, we realized that it was for mechanical engineering. Language on the other hand, he was pretty confident because of the coaching he had got through our foundation and also we asked him to continue to attend the classes which is being conducted for spoken English, so that he can be well versed in the language and would not cause him any hindrance in his career further. In the remaining free time, he has got, before he chooses his college and it resumes, he has joined computer course near his house, where he is learning computer basics.   

           His mother runs a paying guest accommodation from which she manages their family’s requirements as there is very little or no financial support from his father. His father drives an auto rickshaw in Bengaluru and does not look after his family here in Mysuru. So Pruthvik’ s mother wants him to study hard and come up in life for which she is ready to struggle and do the best for him. Her determination towards her son was very inspiring.      

Sahaja interacts with Pruthvik and his Mother

When asked about our foundation and the programs conducted by us, we were overwhelmed by her response. She said it did a lot of difference, the difficulty he had in studies were easily overcome and he could understand the subjects well. She liked what we did and said, this kind of attention and assistance even the other children require and that we should conduct teaching sessions in large numbers and with school students who are in need. The one thing which we lagged at was unable to conduct classes at the end of academic year was the only complain by Pruthvik’ s mother because the school failed to complete the portions which did hamper his marks. 

As soon as she got to know the reason about the volunteers who conducted these classes were held up with their own exams. She understood the situation which had encountered and why it happened, thus we told her in the coming years we would try bringing in more people with similar interest to join hands in assisting the children and guiding their paths. The period in which her child was thought she was satisfied as he would give his feedback of how well he understood the classes’ every day.  

She also requested with us if we could help her son further in his diploma course also.

           This kind of feedback from the children’s parents really motivates us to work even more hard to help them realize their goals and dreams.

Article written by Sahaja Bhargavi
Photos by Faizan Baksh