He entered with his father, he was wearing spectacles on his round cute face with an unusual cute smile.white shirt neatly tugged in his black trousers.
He sat beside doctors chair and before anything about his health he said "I was selected in I.T.I" then he pointed at his father and said.. "He did not provide me admission there."
The doctor asked him, "why so?"
His father said nothing and Rahul (the guy) kept quite waiting for his father to speak, when his father said nothing Rahul started again, in a very polite and intellectual tone "see I scored 72 in maths and 65 in physics, now I want to do aeronautics.
The doctor questioned "what will you do after doing aeronautical??"
Rahul answered that he will blast!
The doctor was amused and interrogated, "where will you blast?, in Pakistan?"
Rahul said, "No, in China!"
Doctor said, "How will you do that?"
Rahul in a very innoscent voice, trying to be very logical said," why should I tell you?, do you tell me for what you are giving me all those medicines?
The doctor replied, "I am not hiding it, its written on the consulting slip."
The doctor checked his medicines and made the minute changes required and asked Rahul to consult me.
Rahul on a stool placed beside my chair.
I asked him, "What happened to you?"
He said nothing and grabbed all the medical reports kept in a folder from his father and held the folder to me saying , "have a look."
I said, "I dont want to see this. I want to hear from you".
He took out one of the consulting slip, there was something like a graph drawn as he said.. it was a chart regarding his behaviour
......................... feb 05
........ ................|'''''''''|.................... .......|'''''''''|...........................
.......|.......| ..........................|.......|
........aug'o4
He pointed at aug'04 and said....."august 2004 that day I had an exam, it did not go well! Then I was fine in between and then on feb 05 I was very good in studies.
I kept listening to him then I took that card from him and he said,"the rest of the details you will write."
I said nothing and kept that card in his folder.
I asked his father, "about his case history, and Rahul contradicted before his father could say anything!
"Don't ask him, I am telling you" was Rahul's prompt interruption.
I said ,"I will ask you rahul, let me ask your father first."
He nodded and stayed quit for a while.
His father said, "his mood swings, he has temper tantrums, and sometimes he is very aggressive.. though it has been controlled by medication so its in residual form now"
All the symptoms of bi-polar mania, I said to myself.
The conversation with his father was still on while rahul interrupted, "take my I.Q test."
I looked at him he seemed to be mild retarded . I felt sad for him, and looked firmly and deeply in his eyes, saying "you don't need I.Q test, you are really intelligent."
Rahul had counter questions to everything, he said, "then how will i decide which field I should opt? I am planing to go for electronic."
I was fled by his cognitive process, its desire to live life like a normal 19 year old do.
While on the contrary his failure to do so, because he was not like us, he was special he was not special by birth or by right! He was special out of his genes and environment.... all factors contributed to make him special.
I kept looking at him, he was noticing everything in the cabin, I felt his eyes set on my abnormal psychology book kept on the table, he said, "tell me what should I go for? Should I do Psychology? Its because my mother is having psychological problem, when I was in 4th standard my mother felt ill psychologically, I will study psychology and cure her..
Before he fall into emotions and conflicts with himself about what he should do. I asked him "do you eat toffee?" he said "no".
I showed him my clenched fist and opened it in front of him, his eyes sparkled, he looked at me smiling. I asked him, "take it".
He took the toffee and said thanks. I said okay now go back home and take medicine on time. He nodded and said bye.
I was bit exhausted. I picked my cell phone and went out of the room. I was roaming in the corridor and talking to my sis on phone. Somebody showed a pendrive hanging from a thread in front of my eyes, I looked up a to the person.. It was rahul, I asked him,"What is this Rahul?"
He said, "you take it and listen to it!"
I said Rahul I am having one like this at my home, I will listen to it. okay..
He nodded and waved good bye to me and left.
I continued my conversation on phone.
Author's Note: Environmental and genetic factor's contribute to ones behavioral tendencies and personality traits. We all are normal and we have a few special people around. We should equally respect them and acknowledge the existence of their special feelings! If not genetically we can atleast contribute to environmental well being of people around.
He sat beside doctors chair and before anything about his health he said "I was selected in I.T.I" then he pointed at his father and said.. "He did not provide me admission there."
The doctor asked him, "why so?"
His father said nothing and Rahul (the guy) kept quite waiting for his father to speak, when his father said nothing Rahul started again, in a very polite and intellectual tone "see I scored 72 in maths and 65 in physics, now I want to do aeronautics.
The doctor questioned "what will you do after doing aeronautical??"
Rahul answered that he will blast!
The doctor was amused and interrogated, "where will you blast?, in Pakistan?"
Rahul said, "No, in China!"
Doctor said, "How will you do that?"
Rahul in a very innoscent voice, trying to be very logical said," why should I tell you?, do you tell me for what you are giving me all those medicines?
The doctor replied, "I am not hiding it, its written on the consulting slip."
The doctor checked his medicines and made the minute changes required and asked Rahul to consult me.
Rahul on a stool placed beside my chair.
I asked him, "What happened to you?"
He said nothing and grabbed all the medical reports kept in a folder from his father and held the folder to me saying , "have a look."
I said, "I dont want to see this. I want to hear from you".
He took out one of the consulting slip, there was something like a graph drawn as he said.. it was a chart regarding his behaviour
......................... feb 05
........ ................|'''''''''|.................... .......|'''''''''|...........................
.......|.......| ..........................|.......|
........aug'o4
He pointed at aug'04 and said....."august 2004 that day I had an exam, it did not go well! Then I was fine in between and then on feb 05 I was very good in studies.
I kept listening to him then I took that card from him and he said,"the rest of the details you will write."
I said nothing and kept that card in his folder.
I asked his father, "about his case history, and Rahul contradicted before his father could say anything!
"Don't ask him, I am telling you" was Rahul's prompt interruption.
I said ,"I will ask you rahul, let me ask your father first."
He nodded and stayed quit for a while.
His father said, "his mood swings, he has temper tantrums, and sometimes he is very aggressive.. though it has been controlled by medication so its in residual form now"
All the symptoms of bi-polar mania, I said to myself.
The conversation with his father was still on while rahul interrupted, "take my I.Q test."
I looked at him he seemed to be mild retarded . I felt sad for him, and looked firmly and deeply in his eyes, saying "you don't need I.Q test, you are really intelligent."
Rahul had counter questions to everything, he said, "then how will i decide which field I should opt? I am planing to go for electronic."
I was fled by his cognitive process, its desire to live life like a normal 19 year old do.
While on the contrary his failure to do so, because he was not like us, he was special he was not special by birth or by right! He was special out of his genes and environment.... all factors contributed to make him special.
I kept looking at him, he was noticing everything in the cabin, I felt his eyes set on my abnormal psychology book kept on the table, he said, "tell me what should I go for? Should I do Psychology? Its because my mother is having psychological problem, when I was in 4th standard my mother felt ill psychologically, I will study psychology and cure her..
Before he fall into emotions and conflicts with himself about what he should do. I asked him "do you eat toffee?" he said "no".
I showed him my clenched fist and opened it in front of him, his eyes sparkled, he looked at me smiling. I asked him, "take it".
He took the toffee and said thanks. I said okay now go back home and take medicine on time. He nodded and said bye.
I was bit exhausted. I picked my cell phone and went out of the room. I was roaming in the corridor and talking to my sis on phone. Somebody showed a pendrive hanging from a thread in front of my eyes, I looked up a to the person.. It was rahul, I asked him,"What is this Rahul?"
He said, "you take it and listen to it!"
I said Rahul I am having one like this at my home, I will listen to it. okay..
He nodded and waved good bye to me and left.
I continued my conversation on phone.
Author's Note: Environmental and genetic factor's contribute to ones behavioral tendencies and personality traits. We all are normal and we have a few special people around. We should equally respect them and acknowledge the existence of their special feelings! If not genetically we can atleast contribute to environmental well being of people around.
