Taare Zameen Par Page #4

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Myself.

After so long, I'm seeing

myself in the mirror.

So is there someone to

show you the mirror?

That's what I always ask you to.

You have a nice face.

Jabeen, he's in danger.

Who?

Who?

There's a boy in the school.

He's 8-9 years old.

He doesn't do or speak anything,

always seems scared.

His eyes are like...

screaming for help.

I'm afraid he'll fall.

Let's go, it's time for the lesson.

Ok, lets go.

Hey, Sail, come. Do you know

what's the time of the show?

After two days.

Yes.

Excellent, let's go.

Yes?

Hello.

My name's Ram Shankar Nikum.

I teach at New Era School.

Come in.

Are these his 3rd standard books?

- Yes.

Who made this?

Ishaan did.

Ishaan did?

Does he paint?

Yes, he loves to paint.

Can I have some water please?

Why did you send him?

Why?

There was no choice.

Last year he failed in 3rd standard.

Can you believe?

In 3rd standard.

And there's no sign of

improvement.

This, my elder son, he comes 1st

in every class every subject.

And that other one...

What do you think, what

his problem is?

Problem? His attitude. What else?

Towards studies, towards everything.

Always stubborn, always attitude.

I'm asking about his problem,

but you're telling me the symptoms.

You're telling me he has the fever,

that's I know already.

I'm asking why is he having fever.

What's the reason of the fever?

Then you tell me.

Tell me.

Have you noticed any pattern

in his mistakes in his lessons?

Pattern. What pattern?

They all are mistakes.

Then you couldn't notice

the patterns.

Look here.

Here "b" is in place of "d"

and "d" in place of "b"

Confusion among similar

looking alphabets.

Here, he wrote "s" and "r"

in reverse. Even more...

Look here.

This small "h" and small "t"

Mirror imaging.

Animal, animal, animal. Three different

spellings on the same page.

It means, it's not the case that

he remembers one wrong spelling.

He mixes similar looking words.

This "t-o-p" becomes "p-o-t"

This "s-o-l-i-d" become "s-o-i-l-d".

Why does he do that?

Is he stupid, or lazy?

No

I think, he's having difficulty

in recognizing words.

When you read "a-p-p-l-e" apple,

you imagine a red apple in your head.

Maybe he can't read "apple"

That's why he can't

get the meaning as well.

To learn, one has to know the sounds,

visual and meanings of words.

Ishaan is lacking this

very important need.

To skip the studies.

Read this please.

How can I read it?

It's in Chinese.

Try it.

Come on. Concentrate.

What's this rubbish?

You're not behaving.

You're being rascal.

That's how Ishaan must be feeling.

He couldn't understand

the words.

This problem in studies

is called as "Dyslexia".

Sometimes child has some more

problems other then Dyslexia.

Like difficulty in understanding

multiple instructions.

Turn to page 65, chapter 9,

Para 4, line 2

Confusion...

Or Poor Final Gross Motus Skills.

Does Ishaan feel problems in

buttoning his shirt or tying his shoelace?

Yes

Can he catch the ball

when you throw it to him?

He can never judge the ball.

Because he can't understand the size,

distance and speed all together.

A ball, how big, from how far and

at what speed coming towards him.

Until he analyze all this...

It's too late.

Think about it.

A child

Just 8-9 years old.

Can't do day to day normal things.

Can't do what other children

can do very easily.

What could he go through then?

His self-confidence must have

been shattered.

He must have been fighting by hiding

his inabilities under stubbornness.

He must have been making a

hell out here.

Thinking, that why should he tell the

world that he can't do things.

Why shouldn't he get all that ignored

by just saying that he doesn't want to do.

That's what children learn from the elders.

And now he can't even

continue to fight that.

I'm sorry to say that

he has stopped painting.

It's very sad.

Why only Ishaan?

There's no answer to that.

It's a Neurological Disorder.

It can happen to anyone.

Sometimes it can be genetic.

To make it simple, there's just

some wiring problems in his brain.

So you're saying that my son

isn't normal, he's mentally retarded.

What kind of a person you are?

Look this, Mrs. Awasti?

This fast brain is playing with

thousands of thoughts with colors.

Way more then yours and mine abilities.

But what's the use of that?

What are you looking into it?

Then what should I look?

What will he become when

he'll grow up?

How will he compete with

the world?

Will I keep on feeding

him for whole of his life?

I know this.

There's a cold world out there.

Everyone wants to grow toppers

and rankers in their homes.

Everyone wants No. 1

Doctor, engineer, management,

less then that is unacceptable.

Isn't it?

Think about this.

Every child has his own quality,

own expertise, own desire.

But no,

Everyone is busy stretching the

finger to make it long.

Keep on doing that.

No matter you break the very finger.

What's are the options?

- No options.

There's no way.

If you like horse to race, then

breed race horses, damn it.

Why do you give birth to children?

Putting the weight of your ambitions

on your child, is worse then child labor.

And when the child can't

carry the weight...

When you will understand?

That every child has his own

capacity to lift the weight.

He learns eventually.

Every child has own pace.

Five fingers make a fist.

Why are we dreaming to settle

these little ones in to the mainstream?

Friends, I'm going to tell

a story today.

A story about a boy.

There was a boy, don't ask where.

He couldn't read and write.

Even after so many tries.

He couldn't remember that "y"

comes after "x".

Words were his enemies,

used to dance in front of his eyes.

They used to tease him by

dancing and moving around.

Studies used to make him tired.

His mind was full, he was a starter bull,

and the alphabets were disco to him.

He failed in the exams.

He was a victim of the burden

of the studies.

People called him an ass

and stupid.

Boy took everything bravely.

And one day, he did something genius.

Everyone was shocked when

heard his theory.

Tell me, who's that boy?

Elbert Einstein.

Correct Rajan,

Albert Einstein.

Genius and great scientist.

Who shocked the world with his

theory of relativity.

Now tell me what's this?

No, no.

It's not an ordinary helicopter.

The great artist inventor,

Leonardo DaVinci

Who?

- Leonardo DaVinci

Yes,

he made this picture.

A working sketch of a helicopter.

But when?

In the 15th century.

airplane could fly.

Do you know, Leonardo DaVinci used

to have difficulties to read and write.

He used to write like this.

Can you make anything out of it?

Now read it.

My name is Ram Shankar Nikum.

Ishaan, turn on the light please.

Who was the great person,

who lit the world with electricity?

Edison.

Thomas Edison.

Correct Ishaan.

He too was a victim of "abcd".

Sit down Ishaan.

No leave the light on.

Let Edison's light come on us.

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