When a poetic expression boomerangs

Do you remember the boomerang? Most of us played with it while we were young.

 It works on a simple technique. You flip the boomerang through the air in the forward direction and within seconds it comes back onto us.

Alright, i know that you remember but  how is this related to my post?

Read on......

When i have to substantiate my point of view to my children, i often quote some poetic expression, wise saying or proverb . Say for instance, i use poetic lines  like  "Little drops of water make a mighty ocean" to just drive the point that ,  Big things in life have small start ups. My teens too listen and absorb them.  Only i did'nt realize they would apply it on me.

My 14 year old   has CCE  this week( continuous comprehensive evaluation). The average of the marks scored in the CCE  throughout the year decides  his grade in the final exam. My son has very good attention span , grasps concepts  and applies them,  But he does not put in hardwork.  Since he is regular to class room teaching, he scores honorable marks, if not glorious marks.  We are also not mark obsessed parents but we ensure he understands the principles, concepts, expresses them and applies them. He does not miss the classroom teaching  and he has no private tuitions so far. 

But last work week we spent  in Chennai as we had to attend our nephew's wedding and so my son missed his lessons . This week he had to clear the backlog notes and prepare for the CCE amidst his busy schedule of watching TV, playing and fidgeting with gadgets. 

I asked him to read  on his own and explain the lesson 'Force and the laws  of  motion."  He read the text , explained force and the first law of motion on the white board with drawings and examples from real life. All these precisely in 14 minutes.  He then paused and smiled....

I goaded him to continue .and  this was the conversation that followed

HE:  I  have to study the  text to explain further.

ME:Ok, go ahead, i will wait. you read and explain

HE: Not now ma..... later. I want to rest now.

I raised my voice  and told him he is going to higher classes now and he has to put in continuous effort for long time. Bits and pieces won't do.

For which he replied " Ma, Boond boond se hi banta hai sagar" and went away to play while i was left holding the physics text in my hand.

What I told him  a few days back, boomeranged on me. Is this what they say " Life takes a full circle"