foto: TikTok/@leonardorl_
This family's story is a reminder of the importance of education for the future.
25 April 2024 16:25
Brilio.net - The proverb says, many children have many fortunes. This may be what happened to the family of this husband and wife farming couple with ten children. The story recently went viral on social media because the two of them were successful in sending and raising their ten children to school and now have a classy profession. The child, the owner of the TikTok account @leonardorl_, was the one who shared his family's emotional story.
Even though they are just ordinary farmers, in fact this husband and wife couple are very aware of the importance of education for their children's future. They believe that education is a provision for achieving a better future. Brilio.net had the opportunity to interview the man who uploaded the video to explore the touching story of his struggle.
Leonardo Loloallo, the 9th child of a farming couple, said that his parents' profession was only vegetable farming. The man started his story from the educational background of his parents, which could be said to be lacking. He said that his parents had suffered in the past because they did not receive a proper education.
Departing from the bitterness of life , these parents were determined to send their children to school to be as successful as they are now. For them, higher education is the first path to success.
photo: TikTok/@leonardorl_
" For our parents, education is something that is very important considering that they don't have an education or don't go to school so they used to suffer a lot, " said the man.
Still clear in Leonardo's mind were the messages and words of his father who did not want his children to experience the suffering they had felt before.
photo: TikTok/@leonardorl_
" It's enough for us to suffer, don't do it, " said the man.
This message became fuel for the ten brothers' enthusiasm to become successful people in the future. Moreover, their parents are also willing to work hard to get a decent education for them. The mother and father are willing to work from morning to night to support their children's education.
photo: TikTok/@leonardorl_
" Our parents also worked hard in the garden, leaving in the morning and returning in the afternoon, sometimes at night until they were willing to get sick for us ," said Leonardo, telling of his parents' struggle.
A very crucial moment occurs when the child first goes to school. He said that his parents went into debt here and there to help with his older brother's education.
photo: TikTok/@leonardorl_
" Long story short, why are we generally successful because we started with the first sibling whose parents took great pains to send their first child to school, in what way? By borrowing money here and there, helped by plantation products, " he said.
Effort does not betray the results, nor was his parents' struggle in vain. Their first child successfully became a member of the TNI. From there they started to move up and because the eldest was able to help the family economically.
photo: TikTok/@leonardorl_
" After the first child is successful, the first child becomes our bridge for his younger siblings to continue their studies until they succeed, " he continued.
Apart from that, this man still remembers the advice given by his parents. He said that humility and the strength of brotherhood must be maintained and maintained. Because with that, difficult roads will be easy if we walk together.
" There are several pieces of advice that we always remember from our parents, 'stay humble and maintain close ties of brotherhood, ' he said again.
After the parents succeeded in educating their 10 children, of course their intention to repay their parents was immediately fulfilled. For him, one form of reciprocation is to provide a proper place for his parents. At their old age, they want their parents to rest and reap the fruits of their hard work.
" We hope to make parents happy by providing a decent place, a comfortable and modern home for parents, " he said again.
From the time the post was uploaded until this article was written, the video has been viewed 3 million times, 102.7 likes and 2,974 comments.
" Of course the first one will pay for the second child and then pay for the third child again and again ," said the account @danzz_246.
" It's great that your parents can look after their 10 children, but can the 10 children look after their parents after such an extraordinary sacrifice, " said the account @melodycinta039.
" Parents can take care of 10 children but children can't necessarily take care of 1 parent, " wrote the account @ertinarostika.
" Your mother with extraordinary intelligence and tenacity and your father who is brave and firm, send greetings to them sis, " said the account @desakwindi.
Disclaimer: This translation from Bahasa Indonesia to English has been generated by Artificial Intelligence.
