Ibinahagi ni John Casiño sa kaniyang Facebook post ang kanyang nasaksihang mag-ama na nakaupo sa may burger stand; kung saan tinutulungan ng ama ang kaniyang anak sa Math assignment nito.
Peb. 27, 2022 bandang 8:00PM, sinubukan raw ng isang ama na tulungan ang kanyang anak na tapusin ang kanyang assignment sa Math sa isang sikat na lokal na burger stand sa Cogon Market, Cagayan de Oro City.
Nang dumating daw si John sa burger stand ay may isang taong sinusubukang i-coach at ipaliwanag ang Math problems sa mag-ama.
Kuwento pa ni John ay nakikinig daw ito sa usapan ng mag-ama habang hinihintay niya ang kanyang order na burger. Siguro daw ay pumunta lamang ang mag-ama sa burger stand dahil sa ilaw na mayroon ito.
“Initially when I arrived, there were three of them; the other one was eating all the while trying to coach and explain the Maths problem to the father and son duo.”
“I realized he was only a local customer who lent his help when he hurriedly walked away as rain started to pour.”
“Hala, hindi ko na alam ito anak. Hindi ko na maintindihan,” narinig niyang sambit ng ama.
Nagpaabot naman ng tulong si John sa mag-ama at sinubukang ipaliwanag ang kanilang sinasagutang Math problem.
“Indeed, it was a Math assignment and the problem we were currently in was “Greater than; less than” in fractions.”
“I carefully explained how things work but then I realized it was a long shot when the father said, “Itong ‘O’ pre, saan ba ‘to ilalagay?”, when in fact it was the OR in tagalog (greater than, less than o, equal to) [< > o =]”
“Hanggang grade 3 lang kasi ako, kaya kung tutuusin magkaklase kami ng anak ko,” ani ng ama kay John.
“Malapit ka nang maabutan/malamangan boss,” pagbibiro naman ni John na ikinatawa ng ama.
Sinabi daw ni John na tatapusin na lamang niya ang Math assignment ng anak nito para mas mabilis silang matapos dahil kailangan na rin niyang umuwi. Pumayag naman ang ama sa alok niya.
“I told them that if they didn’t mind I would instead finish the problem so they would be done quicker, the father agreed and so I did answer the questions using the unsharpened pencil they had.”
Nang matapos ay nagpasalamat ang ama kay John. Ngunit bago umuwi ay kinuhanan muna ni John ng litrato ang mag-ama.
Bilang pagtatapos sa kanyang post, aniya, “I assume the father was still going to have the answers reviewed. I took a photo before I left, because then I realized that not everyone’s got the same privilege that some of us do. But despite some shortcomings, a father’s love will never fail you.”
Tunay namang matindi ang dating ng huling binitawan ni John. Hindi kataka-taka na umabot na sa 15K shares ang kanyang inspiring post at umani na ng 36K reactions.