Helping a Prodigy Through Her Struggles

Helping a Prodigy Through Her StrugglesI sat in a coffee shop in Kuala Lumpur last week and watched as the young lady who had requested me to help her tutor a hijab Dian Pelangi almost fell off her chair. If you think that is bad then imagine having to teach a fellow human being how to swim! She was in tears, asking me not to cancel my appointment.However, I am not a swimmer, so I sat there and watched, watching her struggle to keep her composure. She is a pupil from a school in Malaysia that is at the very bottom of the national rankings. To be honest, she has very little chance of even making it through school this year.A year ago, this girl went to the principal's office and told him that her school would close if the government would give them the money to buy her a school uniform or her father's money, and then the money would go on her husband's money. She did not even have an idea where she was going to live this summer after she left school!As you can imagine, she is very ups et and I felt for her. I can't help thinking about how this could have been avoided if she had been taught that the only way to get to the top is to work hard, play hard, and stay humble. Hopefully, with the right information, she can learn from this experience and move up the ranks!The sad part of all this is that the school that was teaching the hijab Dian Pelangi is now closing its doors for good because of a combination of poor leadership, lack of funding, and a lot of families like hers that cannot afford to send their children to school. My friend thinks that they should have just had a one to one meeting with her first and then gave her an ultimatum to move or they would be forced to close. The school itself has faced many difficulties recently, but everyone says that this is a once in a generation problem, so, maybe she should have had a higher quality school than this one!With that said, I wanted to help this hijab Dian Pelangi because I know her family. I know that she has a great family that will support her and love her no matter what happens. I know that her parents are struggling to survive as well, but they are doing everything they can for their daughter, which is why I sat down with her.There is nothing better than seeing a person grow up, and I saw that with hijab Dian Pelangi. She is going to have so much more in her future than just learning how to swim.