Priya loves to learn

Priya is a fifth grader in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. She is determined to become a doctor when she grows up. She once watched a Vijaykanth movie (that she can’t remember the name of) and decided that she, like the character in the movie, will serve the people of her village and make everybody live longer and better lives. Unlike most children her age, she has even paid careful attention to what doctors do on her few visits.

Her father, Ramesh, is a farmer who dropped out of school in the tenth grade. Priya’s mother is a housewife. They are concerned about whether they can afford to send Priya to medical school but are confident in their daughter’s ability to lift them out of their poverty stricken lives. They say that she was always a good student but the after-school classes offered by Eureka Superkidz have helped her sharpen her focus and better understand her lessons. She even introduced her family in impeccable English!

Priya confesses that while she loves her school work and Eureka classes, her favorite days of the week are Thursdays and Sundays because her Eureka tutor gets the class together to play games, such as “dog in the manger.”

Priya once said: “If I could change anything about the Eureka class I would make it as long as my school class. Akka [her instructor] is so much fun to learn with.”

Thank you Shilpa, Don, and Julian, for helping Priya reach her full potential.