02/08/2024
At Bravo, underprivileged children living in nearby slum are being given coaching in Table Tennis absolutely free. Hemant is one of them who learnt the game since his childhood and became an accomplished player. He was given all privileges and support and at one time his performance was sensational. Lately his behavior became very erratic and he attributed it to his family problems. He told me that he had pressure from family to earn money. It was appreciated and he was given private coaching to earn around 15k per month. I thought his commitment towards BRAVO would improve but, on the contrary, the way he became undisciplined, arrogant, ungrateful and disrespectful was shocking. He was warned repeatedly with no change. Over the years, he had 'setting', as they call it, with almost every girl of the Academy to be in some kind of dirty relationship. Girls are also stupid beyond description. Even now one very talented girl is in his net and despite all my efforts, she refuses to mend her ways. She is destined to be ruined. To maintain privacy, I am not disclosing her name at this stage though she deserves no mercy. I finally threw both of them out of BRAVO! Hemant is a school drop out and good for nothing else. He is back to slum-oriented life in terms of drinks, hair style, dress code, company and daily routine. A local barber is his best friend. Family has no control over him. It is a case study and I find that most of these boys and girls living in slum are more or less like that. They are not ambitious and feel choked if made accountable with discipline over a long period of time. Arrogance and no-apology for mistakes is a common trait. No parental control, no pressure of society and no moral values! Exceptions are rare and I have a few of them in my academy. I feel parental control is the dividing factor and for that parents will also have to be civilized and disciplined. That's a far cry!! Stories about parents are alarming!
With dismissal of Hemant, huge effort of over 6 years and the money spent on him have gone waste. It is desirable that he is not engaged by any one in Table Tennis fraternity for any consideration whatsoever.
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