Kevin

Hi friends...

         Yesterday, we have discussed on a short story in class entitle 'KEVIN' by Catherine Lim. This story is about Kevin who is an excellent student in his class and always get 95% and above in his tests. However, Kevin has a mother who is very strict and perfectionist woman especially in something involving Kevin and his study. His mother controlled his life strictly and set up a variety of punishment if he can't get what she had target before. Besides that, Kevin's mother also does not give him permission to be friend with Boon Kee, who is his best friend at school just only because of his untidy appearance and playful. She worries Kevin will be influenced by him.

If I were him, i will so depressed because my mother put a big pressure to be best in my study and friends. I can't study well and it will influence my performances at school. Same like Kevin. Actually no one in this world wants to be treated like that. The story shows how a child harbored his feelings when he is pressured by his mother until he can't focus to his test. When he is informed that his mother is sent to the hospital for one week, he feels relieve because he can avoid from his mother. Can you imagine? A son doesn't care about his mother's healthy and happy when she is not around. He does everything that his mother asks just because of his respect  and fears to his mother, not because of his love and care. It's not his fault to be like that, but it is a fault to treat him like that. We also can't put all the mistakes to his mother. She just want the best for the only son she have. But her way is wrong.

Actually we can take a lot of lessons from the story. Imagine what will happen when Kevin is adult and he has children. Maybe he will treat his children same like what he had faced before. It will influenced all of his life. When he is growing, it is possible for him to run away from his house because of the stress. On the other side, maybe Kevin will become an dependent man. He can't make his own decision and always depend on others to decide for him. So, we as a becoming teacher should take this story as a lesson and reminder to become a good and understanding teacher. We need to take care about all of our students and know about their family and background so that we can prepare ourselves to face it.