KPF not only listened to the boys talk about our trip, he
also engaged them by asking them interesting questions. One of the questions he
asked the boys was, "If you could change one thing in this world, what
would it be?" To which, Hans responded with "I would be President of
America instead of Trump and I would change the name of the country to HansAmerica!" KPF had to remind him
that he needs to be an American citizen first to be the President. Strangely,
ASid also had a political response. He said something like "I would change
the decision making process in the Canadian government and I would also look
into the fiscal situation in Europe." I looked at my friend and thanked
him for asking that question. I got to see a different side to my boys.
That was 16 days
ago.
Today, our Premier Kathleen Wynn and her aides came
knocking on the doors in our neighbourhood. As soon as I found out, I literally
hollered for ASid to get out of his room and make an appearance. For once, he
made an appearance with a smile. One of the aides spoke with him for a couple
of minutes and decided he is gifted, and wanted the Premier to meet him! I was
like lady, you are too kind. He is not
gifted or anything! But she insisted. She worked as a psychologist with
TDSB and she was part of the identification and placement process for the
gifted program. When I heard that, I thanked her and decided to not contradict
her.
It was wonderful to meet the Premier. She talked to ASid
about dropping by her office and maybe getting involved and getting some
voluntary hours. I wanted to tell her that the boy does not need any more
voluntary hours. At this point in time,
ASid has close to 200 community service hours; however, I thought it would be
great to show a wide range of interests within the hours he accumulates. So,
why not?! But I didn't say anything. Then, ASid surprised me and got the
phone number and address from the Premier herself!
I am not sure if ASid would actually do anything with the
information he collected. Maybe he was just being polite and nice. Because,
even with the aides he spoke with, he mentioned that he is interested in
Engineering and Physics. He never said anything about wanting to be involved
with Politics.
However, as his mother, I want him to explore every
opportunity that comes knocking on his door.
As a follow up to
his conversation with us, KPF sent me a link to a TED Talk. It was about
designing one's life. The gist of it was "get curious, talk to people and
try stuff". ASid always describes himself as curious (in one word) and he has started talking to people. He just
needs to try stuff. I hope he visits the office of the Premier one day and
learns something interesting about himself if not politics!
A mother can always
hope ... and a mother can also dream of her son being the future Prime Minister
of our country. Why not?! Anything is possible. We just need to open that door.
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