If a child is born brilliant but stays in an environment that is frustrating, lacks motivation , encouragement, supervision and not exposed to peers that see him not as part of them (discrimination ) , if care is not taking that child becomes dull. If necessary steps are not taking that child may not ever get it right in life. For instance , when i was in primary school ,pry 1 ,2, 3 i was so dull that in a class of 35, i usually inter change with a friend then, i was either 30 and he takes the 31 or other way round . My dad was bitter about this and i saw hell , he was most of The time complaing and beating me for any slight mistake . He had this believe that i couldn't do anything right and he was ready to compare me with my younger sister anywhere. My younger sister never came second in her class but first. This was a great depression .in fact ,it got to a stage ,i drank izal just if i could just die and leave the depressing world . Imaging as a kid ! All ds while , my younger sister was in a private school and i was in a public school . Abacha military regime would not even help situation , strikes upon strikes. When my dad complains , they always tell him that it is natural for the first child to be dull .There was a day i challenged my mum that my sister was in a private school and me in a public school hence the reason for my poor performance. He then took me to a private school . In that school , there were a lot of activities that i fell in love with , the field , janways, the environment and the way we were thought . My people , at the end of the session i came third in the whole class. And i became one of their best students before i left. My dad was like ,what happened ? Unfortunately , he died and i had to go back to that public school i was attending before , i was demoted to pry 5 because they won't admit fresh student to pry 6. After the first term ,they saw my exceptional performance and they gave me something like double promotion to pry 6.i went to a federal secondary school, but i was never among the best ten self but i wasn't classify as a below average student . My university , i wasn't among the best five but i ruled my mates , junior and seniors in many aspects as , president , founder of an organisation and student union leader . Despite the bad situation in the country , am still coping. How i wish my dad is alive . Most people that knew me when i was young and had the opportunity to listen to my dad's complain or the other can't just believe what has happened.
That my primary school friend is now a motor boy in a company in lagos. So , when a child is not brilliant at early stage ,its the duty of the parent to think of how best they can improve his life because that dull child can still rule the world .