ARTICLE OF ASHRIKKARAN S/O Eng.PRABHU

 

ASHRIKKARAN  CURRENTLY APPEARING FOR CLASS XII BOARD EXAM, STUDYING AT INDIAN CENTRAL SCHOOL IS A TALENTED SWIMMER. FROM HIS CLASS V HE STARTED SWIMMING AND TRAINED BY DOLPHIN SWIMMING ACADEMY, CHENNAI. DOLPHIN IS A WELL RENOWNED AND REPUTED ACADEMY AND TRAINED LOTS OF SWIMMING CHAMPIONS.

INITIALLY HE WENT THERE FOR LEARNING, THE COACH FOUND THE SKILLS OF ASHRIK AND REQUESTED HIS PARENT TO BE WITH THEM AND ASSURED OF MAKING HIM A BEST CHAMPION. SINCE THE WHOLE FAMILY IS SETTLED IN KUWAIT, HIS PARENTS DON’T WANT THE CHILD BE LEFT IN INDIA ALONE. THE EXPECTED SUPPORT HE NEVER GOT FROM SCHOOL UNTIL HIS CLASS X IN KUWAIT. HE STARTED FORGETTING HIS DREAM TO BE A SWIMMER.

Mr.PREMKUMAR (PRINCIPAL OF BHAVANS) WHO TOOK CHARGE RECENTLY AND Mr.OSAMA (SWIMMING COACH OF BHAVANS) UNDERSTOOD HIS CAPABILITIES AND ENCOURAGE HIM TO BE IN THE SCHOOL SWIMMING TEAM.

DUE TO SOME PERSONAL REASONS HE MOVED TO INDIAN CENTRAL SCHOOL FOR CLASS XII. HE TOTALLY LOST HIS CONFIDENCE THAT HE WILL REPRESENT THE KUWAIT CLUSTER DUE TO THE CHANGE OF SCHOOL AS WELL AS CRITICAL PERIOD FOR HIS BOARD EXAMS WHICH NORMALY DECIDE THE FATE OF FUTURE.

THE PRESSURE MOUNTS FOR BOTH PARENTS AS WELL AS FOR HIM. AT THIS POINT OF TIME THE PRINCIPAL OF ICS Ms.SHANTA MARIA JAMES, THE EXCELLENT AND KIND PERSONALITY HAS GIVEN CONFEDENCE AND ASSURED HIS CURRICULAM WILL BE TAKEN CARE AND ENCOURAGED HIM TO PARTICIPATE IN THE KUWAIT CLUSTER.

HE PARTICIPATED FOR 50M BUTTERFLY, 200MBUTTERFLY, 200M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY. NAROWLY HE MISSED THE GOLD MEDAL IN 50M BUTTERFLY AND GOT SILVER, AND HE GOT GOLD MEDALS IN THE OTHER TWO. AFTER THIS HE WAS IN A DILEMA WHETHER TO GO FOR NATIONALS IN INDIA OR SKIP THE SAME,

THIS TIME ALSO THE PRINCIPAL MADE HIM TO GO FOR THE SAME AND THE SCHOOL BEAR THE EXPENSES. NOW HIS SELF CONFEDENCE LEVEL HAS GONE UP AND HE IS CONFIDENTLY FACING THE BOARD EXAM AND HE WISH TO BE AN ENGINEER AT THE SAME TIME HE WANTS TO ACHIEVE IN HIS SPORTS TOO..

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