Level Three. Excuses.
By Michelle Lloyd.
All good plans, do not always end up with good outcomes and in this case New One found himself struggling and straining over the subject of not having done something. He felt like a failure and the last thing he wanted was to tell his family about it, so when they came knocking, he would not even answer his bedroom door.
Pretending not to feel well, New One kept to himself all evening and despite attempts to bring him out of his room, he would not budge. Even more worried by his actions, New One’s mum decided to investigate.
A little chat with a friend from school meant that New One’s mum went into see him with new information. She explained to New One that not doing well at something in life was no reason to be embarrassed. Far from it in fact, because if someone tackled that same hurdle via a different means, a very different result could be achieved.
New One had not expected it but felt far happier after his talk with his mum. His dog Lana was by his side, and instead of excuses, he listened to how his mum intended to help him.
It was after New One attended some extra classes with a few of his other friends from school that he realised he had not achieved as good a result before, not down to his lack of effort but due to his need for a different kind of learning. He was not the only one who had needed a bit of help with that very same subject. He worked on it, and in the additional classes achieved some pretty impressive results. It was good to know that when or if he needed help, it was there but he needed to ask for it first.