Doing mistake and Learning from them isa long process and it occours at all stages of our life and our childhood consists of majority of such events. There were alot of mistakes that i comited during my childhood days but I never learnt from them, and there were a lot of time when I actually never realized what my mistake was , yet had to say sorry without actualy feeling sorry.
I studied in a convent school, the best in my city and probably the best in our country, and I dont know why but some what my parents felt that if I made any mistake there was no point of me styding. I dont know whether they actually ment it or not. My childhood memories, most of them comprises of me being thrassed for either not eating or for reasons unknown,but still I said sorry because if I did not it would mean me not going to school.
one incident that's still in my mind is I was in class prep, I brushed my teeth in hurry, and it was not cleaned nicely, my mamma seeing me said "you have not washed your teeth, go and wash it!!" I said" Mom I have washed", She said "no you have not, dont lie and dont argue!!!" I said "I have washed mom, I swear". and I received one, but still i was not ready to accept the fact that I had not brushed my teeth, and I was not lying too!! and I continued " but mom I have brushed my teeth" "I am not Lying" as I cried. Soon My father came and asked what the matter was, and without listning to me said say sorry to your mom and brush your teeth, or else you are not going to school. I went too the washroom brushed my teeth again as i cried,came back to the dining table said sorry to mom (because i had to go to school) had breakfast and went to school.
My punishment as a kid was the theat of not being sent to school. On the other hand my brother made mistakes too but he was never told if he did something wrong he wont be send to school. I felt as if he was the privilaged one and me the conditioned one.
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