You Gifted Child (A Coursera Assignment)

It is the first day in your primary school. You cried like the doomsday yesterday when you mom left home to register for you. You cried so hard beneath the window, before you felt tired and crawled to bed, falling sleep soon after that. No dreams, and when you woke up, your mom was already home. You felt safe again, but there was something in you that permanently broke on that late summer day. It is your carefree kindergarten year and all the sound safety feelings. The primary school years will be a nightmare for you but you aren』t aware of it at this moment.

School looks like a tiny playground. It looks tiny because you are too short to see the whole picture. Go to the classroom in companion of your mom. Listen to her talking with the first teacher you two encounter. You don』t know what they』re chattering about but it』s fine. Because you』re a little kid so you』re not supposed to understand what is in adults』 mind. But you always like to guess. This is like a disastrous gift for you. You will realize it later, through primary school, to your adulthood.

Sit straight in the classes. That』ll make all the teachers notice you and even will bring you a flood of compliments from your head teacher, who appears to be the one your mom talked to on the first day to school. Pay no attention to the teacher』s words unless it』s about rewards and their conditions. You want them so badly. But remember one thing. You can』t persist, on anything. So all the rewards that you once work so hard on will eventually leave you like a volume of smoke. That』s your fate.

Don』t give up hope, for you』re a gifted child after all. Try to pretend to be obedient. Attract adults』 attention. Manipulate them. This is supposed to be as easy for you as kill a winged bug. Just don』t be too cruel on living things that won』t disturb you life at all. You can, and have every reason to be cruel on adults for they are and will be interfering with your life path. You are ditasteful on that.

It』s okay to be you, sitting in primary classroom, not paying actual attention to the teacher bragging about his knowledge and superiority. You know everything he』s teaching and if you don』t, you can always learn on your own or with your parents』 support. They will divorce soon after you enter your primary school and they will plan to hide it from you. You will find out about the traits which are so obvious that you would wonder why on earth you are not supposed to break the lie. You hate lies.

Be a liar. That』ll make a perfect protection from the world, and a ruthless revenge to your parents. Don』t regret. You will come to realize how pathetic you』re in the future. You are not in a hurry for that. Do dream about your adolescent life, but don』t hope in vain that any of them will come true. Your childhood dream will never come true. Don』t blame it on your parents.

It』s on you.

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