A friend's second son gave her quite a bit of a headache. The family moved from a wooden house with palm leaf roof, to a concrete house. To the adults, it was a distinct improvement. The four year old refused to ease himself, kept on insisting he wanted to go back to the old house.
After three days, the poor father drove him back to use the rustic outdoor toilet. The father explained that the old house was sold to another family, that visit had to be the last. The little boy deposited his considerable load in the old out house and promised that he would be good from then on. Sure enough, he did not give his mum anymore problem from then on.
Today this young man graduated with a double degree of electrical engineering and business administration in record time from a prestigious university. He was recruited to work in the famed economic unit of a neighbouring country. Out of his generation of young men, he had done well.
A cousin's eldest son would wait for his father to be home before he used the toilet for his number two, daily task. His mother found the habit baffling and frustrating. It was just as well his father's job did not entail business travel. Otherwise the little fellow would have serious elimination problem long term.
After Primary school, he successfully sat for an entrance exam which enabled him to skip two grades. A new International School in his vicinity accepted him in advance standing and waived half the fee to enable his parents to enrol him. After Grade 12, he completed his A-level equivalent and entered a full fledged university before he was 18. He also ended up in the little island nation that attracted many talented young people from my country.
Is it co-incidental that these two boys had such an unusual preference or habit? Both of them are extremely bright. Or could it be that such brilliance in the upper storey came with minor eccentricities?
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