Genius Son, Not-So Genius But Proud Mom

Everybody knows I am a single mother and the way I raise my child is far different from a traditional Filipino family. My son is a third-grader and it's exactly the age of a child when complains and annoying responses come out from their little mouth.

It's also the age when study habits are getting to be bothersome. My biggest complain for him this year is his laziness when it comes to his school works. He forgets home works, projects and gets 5-10 mistakes in his tests. The previous quarter was the worst report card he has given me, having 85 as the lowest and 87 as the highest. When he was younger, I am so used of seeing all 9's in his card. Naturally, throwing a fit would be normal on my part.

I did not go to work for two days this week since I have been sick after the 추석 Thanksgiving holiday. Because of that, I have lost my chances to attend my son's 3rd inter-school competition for this year. The previous two were from BULPRISA, vying students from the region, in which he single-handedly won the Math competition with flying colors.

On Thursday, while eating my lunch with my co-teachers, I got a text from my dad telling me that my son has once again won. This time, he's the 2nd place in our town.

Imagine my happiness and surprise that Aaron, who's becoming lazier with his studies, bringing home a disappointing report card, who keeps complaining about the things he should do, preferring to play games instead has again brought home a medal and made mommy proud.

I talked to him on the phone and my co-teachers whom he has met congratulated him. Mind you, the people who were in my area was happy as well, all looked like we just witnessed a game in which our team won.

Then another co-teacher asked me: KANINO BA NAGMANA SI AARON? I said: IT COULD BE ME BUT DEFINITELY NOT THE DAD! ㅋㅋㅋㅋ!

The response I got?
"YOUR SON'S A GENIUS. YOU'RE NOT!"