For you who are asking why my daddy steals things,

You who are asking why my mummy left me,

You who are asking why my auntie hits me,

You who are asking why my brother fights with another…

Have you committed a mistake before?
 

Committing a mistake means to do something wrong, like when your teacher tells you in class that it is wrong to draw on the table, it is wrong to take your friend’s eraser, it is wrong to shout and run around during class…

But you may ask, why is it wrong?

Is it wrong because teacher says it is wrong?

All I can tell you is, one day when you grow up, you will know why it is wrong. Maybe, you will find that it’s right, not wrong.

Because everyone does something for a reason. And you will be the one who decides whether that reason is right or wrong, whether you should follow what your teacher tells you, whether you should say “it’s okay” to the person that tells you “I’m sorry” like your teacher taught you.

But to do that, you have to begin with learning.

You have to sit down, pick up that pencil, and listen to what the teacher is trying to teach you.

Remember that teachers do not always have time to teach you, because they have to learn too. So when they do teach you, you have to be good and sit quietly and learn.

So that you can become a strong person, so that you can know what is right or wrong, so that you can protect and forgive those you love and so that… you can teach another what you have learnt.

And for the adults, for that child in you who was once hurt and confused, we may wish that a teacher had taught us how to sit down and learn when we were young. But it is never too late. 

Pick up that pen, sit down and learn. So that someday, you can learn the way to heal that child in you.

And if you can, teach it to the next child. So that someday, that child will be able to heal himself.

How I wish I could teach you to understand this… the reason why we should learn, study and sit in classes.