Bima's academic scores are not as high as his brother. His younger brother, Chandra, ten, the math champ, excels not only in mathematics but also in science. Chandra also shows a keen interest in accounting and often helps his mother with the bookkeeping of her food stall. Bima's older brother, Andika, twelve, the language wizard, always makes his parents proud with his outstanding talent in languages. He speaks not only good Indonesian and Javanese, but also English and Mandarin. Andika loves watching movies and reading. He picks up languages very easily. Bima, on the other hand, is not the kind of child his mother can brag about. He gets low score for math, English, even Bahasa Indonesia. His math score is never above 5. His highest score for English is 6.5. Even Bahasa Indonesia, he rarely gets a 7.
At school, Bima's teachers complain about his behavior. He has problems concentrating on his lesson at school. He cannot stay put. He likes to walk around in class chatting with his friends. Bima likes to make jokes and give unnecessary comments that make his friends laugh when the teacher is explaining. It is hard for him to work alone. He prefers working in a group or with a peer.
Bima's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Santoso, who used to fret so much him, tried many things to help him improve his school grades and behavior. They used to think that Bima wouldn't be able to have a good future if they didn't take serious steps to improve his IQ. One day, they took him to a well-known, experienced child psychologist, Chadijah Verena, and the result of the interview turned out to be very surprising.
According to Chadijah, Bima has both excellent interpersonal and intrapersonal intelligences. His interpersonal intelligence can be seen from how easily he makes friends with just about everyone at school and in his neighborhood. His good intrapersonal intelligence can be seen from how Bima feels happy for other people's successes. While Bima was waiting outside Chadijah's office, she reminded Mr. and Mrs. Santoso,"Parents usually feel proud when their children have scholastic intelligence and do well at mathematics, language or sports. Have we ever felt proud when we relize our children have emotional intelligences? You should be proud of your son. He is someone you can rely on to keep the family bond and to cheer you up when you feel blue.
To compensate for their guilty feelings, Mr. and Mrs. Santoso took Bima to a mall on their way home. At the mall, they saw many toys. Bima said to himself,"Wow, those are great toys! Actually I want that toy but..."
"I should get one for Bima," Mrs. Santoso thought. She looked at her husband and he nodded his head in agreement. Unexpectedly, Bima commented,"I already have so many toy cars and story books at home. It's not the right time. Buy me the toy train if my scores at school get better this year." Mrs. Santoso got a funny feeling in her throat. She couldn't stop a tear from fallin. "Mom and Dad love you the way you are, son" she said to him. Mr. and Mrs. Santoso realized then that they had misjudged their son all this time.
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