Where there's a will there's a way

Where there's a will there's a way… Motivational Story

Where there's a will there's a way is a proverb that means if someone is determined to do something, he/she will find a way to accomplish it regardless of obstacles. 

Kathleen Marie takes lesson from her Malaylam teacher

There is no age bar for education or to learn language, especially foreign language or other than mother tongue. We have two recent examples of self-motivated people —1. Kathleen Marie Huolohan, an Australian citizen who, at the age of 80, decided to learn Malayalam language. She is determined to learn it and has started taking lessons at the Continuing Education Center, a programme launched by Kerala Literacy Mission at Ernakulam.

And second example is of Ramjal Meena, who is working at Delhi University as security guard, has cracked the entrance examination to study Russian in the BA (Hons) programme at the prestigious institute. The 34-year-old Meena is son of a daily wager and a father of three girls. He is a native of Rajasthan's Karauli district and a first generation learner from his village. 

Kathleen Marie’s is the first foreign national to be enrolled as a student for this four-month course of Malayalam language.

Love for beauty of Kerala and Malayalam language --
Kathleen, who retired as nurse, developed passion for Malayalam language three years ago when she came to India and visited Kerala along with a Buddhist group. She had fallen in love with the natural beauty of Kerala and its language. At present, she is taking lesson from her Malayalam teacher K B Rajeev, who works as prerak (teacher) with the Kerala Literacy Mission.  According to Kathleen she had came to Kerala for Ayurvedic treatment. But more than the treatment, she fell in love with the beauty of Kerala. It was an instant spiritual connection that she had with the place. She kept visiting Kerala and during such visit, she got acquainted with Rajeev and expressed her desire to learn Malayalam.

According to Rajeev, since she is on a tourist visa, she can only stay in the country for three months. However, he is very much impressed with the speed with which Kathleen has picked up the alphabets.  She can now read small words from the textbook. Even she has started speaking little sentences with locals in Malayalam. Now her teacher is planning to seek special permission from the Literacy Mission authorities to allow her to write the test earlier than prescribed. Kathleen has a son who lives in Singapore.

A first generation learner from his village–
Son of a daily wager and a father of three girls, 34-year-old Meena is a native of Rajasthan's Karauli district and a first generation learner from his village. He attended a government school in his village Bhajera but had to discontinue his studies due to his family conditions. Last year, he completed his graduation in Political Science, History and Hindi via distance learning mode from Rajasthan University. 

Ramjal Meena, a security guard who cracks entrance exam to learn Russian language.

The reason he chose to study a foreign language was that he wanted to see places. “I have heard those who study foreign languages get to visit foreign countries. Moreover, He wants to try his luck in civil services, too.