Salam Alayk
About last week, I involved in a program that we called Bedah Movie: Front of Class. It was so a inspiring-awesome-coolio-bestgilabaqhang movie. Here is the synopsis on the movie,
"Twelve-year-old Brad lives in Missouri with his divorcée mother, Ellen, and younger brother, Jeff. He constantly gets into trouble with his father Norman and his teachers at school due to his tics. In one class, his teacher calls him to the front to make him apologize to his class for disrupting the class and promise he won't do it again. Determined to find out what is wrong with her son, Ellen seeks medical help. A psychiatrist believes that Brad's tics are the result of his parents' divorce. One lady suggests an exorcism. Ellen takes her search to the library and comes across Tourette syndrome (TS) in a medical book. She shows this to the psychiatrist, who agrees with the diagnosis, and says that there is no cure. Brad and his mother attend a support group for the first and last time. From then on, Brad aspires to never be like the other members of the support group and to become successful.
At the beginning of middle school, Brad is sent to the principal's office for being disruptive. The Principal invites him to the school concert later in the afternoon. At the end of the concert, he calls Brad up to the stage and asks Brad to talk about his TS. As Brad makes his way back to his seat, the school applauds him.
As an adult, Brad lives with his house mate Ron in Georgia, and is looking for work as an elementary school teacher. He is turned down after many interviews because of his TS. He finally gets an interview where the staff are accepting and they give him the job.
On his first day, Brad explains his TS to the children. He helps Thomas with reading and makes an impression on Heather, a girl with terminal cancer. One student's father pulls her out of Brad's class as he fears Brad will distract her.
Brad meets Nancy on an online dating site and invites her over for Thanksgiving back at Ellen's house, where he tells Nancy he loves her, and the feeling is reciprocated. He confides in Ellen his concern that Nancy will get fed up of his tics, but she reassures him that he musn't let his TS get in the way.
An observer at the school assesses Brad's teaching, and the headteacher announces that Brad has been chosen to receive the Teacher of the Year award, which he accepts his award in front his family, friends and students. The ending titles tell that Brad got his Master's degree; he dressed up as Homer, (Atlanta,Braves) mascot; he married Nancy in 2006; and photographs of the real Brad Cohen teaching his class are shown."
Kalau malas baca tengok sendiri eh. Ada je kat google. Tujuan aku gigih tulis post ni bukanlah nak promote pasal movie ni pon. Nawaitu ku adalah untuk ceritakan ibrah that I gained from this movie. At the end of this movie, i suddenly remember of my dad. How Brad struggle to face the society because of his weakness is the same with my dad. Ok malas cerita panjang. Nanti nanges.
What i learnt the most is how to overcome weakness and do not allow anything stop you from chasing dream. Find a way to overcome your weakness. Face it. Do not run from it, as it can grow bigger. Work extra hard if you want to overcome your weakness. How Brad overcome his weakness is by trying, planning. But there is always failing process in order to achieve success. He was once gave up since everything that he try went wrong. But, he didnt give up and feel down for along time, He try to get up again with another plan. He always motivate himself to try again and again. In life, its okay to feel down, sad but please do not be in that situation for a long time. Find a way to get out from it. Ignore the society that would always try to pull you down. Dont be shaken by their negative words. Promise yourself that one day you gonna tell them "Hey world, I did it!" Bila kau rasa semua orang tak faham kau, then fahamkanlah.Just like what Brad did.
Bermujahaddahlah dengan bersungguh sugguh. Anggap kelemahan kau tu anugerah dari Tuhan. Bukankan setiap yg dijadikan Allah tidak sia-sia. Aku juga ada kelemahan. Banyak. Tapi satu je yang aku boleh ceritakan kat sini. Aku adalah manusia yang kuat tidur. Kalau dah datang penyakit mengantuk aku, kat mana mana pon aku boleh tidur. Aku tak boleh biar kelemahan aku yang satu ni kuasai diri aku, halang kejayaan aku. Melampau sangat dah kalau dalam kelas pon nak tidur. To be honest, aku pernah tidur dalam exam! Aku jawab exam cecepat semata mata untuk tidur. Mungkin sampai tahap nazak macam ni sebab semalaman aku tak tidur, nak study molecular chemistry punya pasal. Dan lepastu aku janji dengan diri sendiri aku tak nak buat lagi. Tapi aku buat lagi, kali ni lebih teruk! Aku tidur dalam daurah! Kau tahu, setiap kali aku ulang kesalahan yang sama, aku rasa benci dengan diri sendiri. Pernah jugak, masa sekolah menengah, aku tidur dalam kelas addmath, cikgu tu baling marker pen kat aku. ahahaha. Terima kasih kepada cikgu tersebut. Aku melampau! Pernah, aku pernah cari jalan penyelesaian. Aku minum caffeine, aku jogging, aku tidur awal. And Allahamdulillah sometime it works well, and penyakit mengantuk ni makin pulih. Banyak banyak lah berdoa. Kau nak ubah diri kau ke arah kebaikan, pasti Allah bantu.
Percayalah.
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