It is the story of Jane Aoko, a primary school teacher whose 16-year-old son, Brian, had been failing exams so badly that teachers, neighbors, and even extended family members had written him off.
Yet today, Brian walks confidently in his Form Three class, a completely different student, scoring grades no one ever imagined he could all after what his mother calls a “spiritual focus ritual” that changed his life.
For two years, Brian’s life was on a painful downward spiral.
Jane remembers:
“My son would read for hours and still fail terribly. He would forget what he’d read within hours. Some nights he would wake up confused, saying he heard voices discouraging him.”
Teachers kept saying the same thing:
“He is bright, but something is blocking him.”
At home, he became restless, withdrawn, constantly anxious. His once sharp memory had turned into fog. He started skipping classes. Family meetings became torture because the comparisons never stopped.
Cousins excelling everywhere.
Other children being praised.
Her son, always the example of failure.
“It was heartbreaking,” Jane says. “Every mother knows the pain of seeing your child struggle with something you can’t understand.”
Things got worse when Jane discovered exam papers under his bed not just failed ones, but papers he had not even attempted.
“He told me he couldn’t write anything during exams. His mind would go blank. He said something whispered to him, ‘You won’t pass.’”
That was the moment Jane knew the problem was beyond academics. TO READ MORE, TAP HERE.