The Remedy For The Past

Life is jammed with regrets.

As an eleven-year old Grade 7 student six years ago, Allen had already realized numerous stuffs that he must not be proud of himself. Things that when they came visiting his memory, the first thing he wanted to do was to close his brain’s doorway, stopping them to enter in his consciousness. For the apologetic Allen, one of those was not doing great in school.

Now, at seventeen and still in 7th Grade, Allen did not regret his decision to turn his regret into a meaningful one. He was the one who proved that time could be turned back for a man to correct his faults. However, when someone would want to travel back in his desired time, the currency of fare would definitely be time as well.

After graduating for the first time in his elementary years, Allen who would suppose to enter a new and higher Grade had chosen to go back from the start of schooling year.

Literally, he went back to the 1st Grade to make sure that he had taken up seriously everything they were learning on that year.

At first, when they heard their son’s decision of taking up his elementary years for the second time, Allen’s parents had totally disagreed.

“You don’t have to do that, son. What you have done undesirably in the past, you could change that in the future.” his father advised, hoping that his son was just bluffing about his decision.

“I just want to make sure that I would surely do well. So, please Dad?” Allen begged.

Seeing in their son’s eyes that his seriousness was totally bound to his choice, Allen’s parents could do nothing but let him pursue what he wanted in his life.

Obviously, the eleven-year old Grade one then rejoiced, and promised to himself that he would now do good in school.

Keeping his vow, he minimized playing after his whole day class and used most of his time reading his notes. He took up earnestly all of his lessons. Considering the level of his understanding, unmistakably, he could easily comprehend what his teacher was discussing in front.

Things had sweetened in Allen’s second time in elementary. Consistently from 1st Grade up to 6th, he, at all time, bagged home the highest honors.

Initially for his parents, a student with old age could also have done the same as what Allen did. So, they were not proud of the achievements made by their son. But for million people who subscribed to the progress of Allen in his second time in elementary, the child had done something great. Education specialists and school administrators had been dreaming to propose a law that would put millions of obstinate students back at start of elementary schooling for them to realize the importance of what they were doing in school.

For other people, what had Allen done was something stupid and something extravagant; that Allen was just wasting his time. Instead of entering university, he still played with the students whose ages were half of his. If he just wanted to be popular, unconvinced people said, Allen had achieved it.

On the other hand, whatever people would say about his choice and action, for Allen, he did not pay time to travel back in time just for fun. Instead, it was a journey to correct things so that they be worth keeping in memory.