He is a typical Y generation kid i guess..If kids grow up like him then grown ups are gonna have a tuf time managing them.. Initially "He" was throwing sidelong glances at me which was making me giggle..One punch dialogue is something that i cant forget..Wen i used to c him he would cover his face or turn his back..Getting fed up with this chinna pillathanamaana game i didnt mind him for a while..Then he came near me and spoke out loud.."Ivanga thoonguraangala alla paakuraangala?" with a cheeky grin..This was too much for me..So i told "Come little fellow we can talk"..And wat al he talked!!!
He :"Neenga Ratha Sarithuran paathuteengala? Endhiran epa paatheenga?Naan seventh day ae paathutaen..Ungaluku own house a ala rent a? Enga thangirukeenga ? Veedu katta evalavu aachu? Enga chithappa veetla 2 lakhs ku tv , 75000 ku fridge , 25000 ku fish tank irukku..Enga appa mobile evalavu theriyuma? 40,000 (Told with stress) Enga amma mobile 25000 thaan..Naan ungata oru secret solluraen..Naan Maths la kota vitutaen..Yaarukum theriyaathu..En frnds....bla bla bla.. Naanum en frndum senthu kotavitom.. Naanga intha game veladuvom( with a pretty accurate and vivid description of the game)..."
Me: !!! and jaalra..
All this from a fourth std kid who sounded more materialistic than most grown ups i have met..Now i realize the import of the oft repeated statement "Kids take up wat adults do and talk"..This innocence this brilliance of childhood..Please dont go away!!!
"Kids take up wat adults do and talk".. Very true Sudha.. My experience speaks so too! :-)
ReplyDeleteI guess this kid you met will turn out to be the 'price tag' shown in '3 Idiots' ;-)!
ReplyDeleteAnyways jokes apart, I sincerely appreciate the message in this post. Also, I feel, the generation which has inherited good values from their parents, fails to transfer it to their offsprings, because somehow it is being assumed that "It (the values) will come automatically", and it becomes too late to realize it does not. And generation after generation, the concentration of values become so dilute that finally what remains or what would remain is 0%! What we can promise to ourselves is that we will transfer what we got from our parents to our progenies without fail!
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ReplyDelete@Mom...I told tat kids take up wat their adults do..Not only parents..;-)
ReplyDelete@ Lallu akka.. Wat u are telling is highly relevant..Value education has now become just another subject tat one can score by writing stories..There has to be a change in our education system..And we will create the change by teaching our children..
:-P, ;-), :-)
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