Planetspark Review – Prashanth’s Parents Reviews

 

The first time I came across a PlanetSpark Review, I was surfing the internet, looking for a solution to help my son gain some confidence. The person who dropped the review had a daughter with confidence issues, just like my son.

 

When Prashanth was little, he often stammered, which continued until he was 5. Although his mother, Ranu, and I took him to Speech Therapy to help with his stammer, his speech improved somewhat, but his confidence did not improve. When his stammer was still terrible, he was always made fun of and sometimes bullied, which made him close up completely.

 

Although his mother and I tried our best to stop him from closing up, we couldn't do much because we spent much time away from him. With me being a bank officer in a top bank in Udupi, Karnataka, and his mother going to her boutique, watching him 24/7, and trying to bring him out of his shell was an impossible task. We knew his lack of confidence to communicate was not good, but we had no idea how bad it was. As I said, we were both busy with work and spent less time with him. During our time with him, he was somewhat free with us, and we hardly had to meet any strangers or new people.

 

However, recently, when Ranu got a manager for her boutique, and she started spending more time at home and with Prashanth, she got more worried.  She said she noticed he was always shy when he spoke to us, and when he talked to strangers, it was almost soundless. Sometimes, he sounded like he was about to cry, and other times, his stammering worsened.

 

I didn't understand at first, but she insisted that the few times she had taken him out during the week, he was always very reluctant.  The matter died for a while, but when I got leave from work, I saw all that Ranu had been saying. When his cousins came over with my sister, Naya, my son refused to speak up and play with his cousins.

 

It had been a long time since they saw each other, so I assumed he would be excited to play with them. Instead, he sat by the corner and watched as the two boys, Viraj and Yash, played with their toys. Ranu had prompted him to play with them and show them his toys, but he declined with a shake of his head, and when she insisted, pushing him and making him stand in front of them, he had a total breakdown.

 

I decided to take things into my own hands and searched the internet for solutions, which was when I stumbled upon some PlanetSpark Reviews. The first one I read had a similar case to Prashant, but like the other solutions I had come across earlier, I wasn't convinced, so I decided to read more. I eventually decided to check PlanetSpark.

 

When Prashanth started his classes, I noticed how in-depth the curriculum was. Because of his speech and confidence issues, his teacher Mr Manjeet had started the course with lessons on body language and voice modulation. Things seemed to be going great, and I hoped that when I saw the result, my PlanetSpark Review would be as positive as the ones I had read on the internet. The first improvement I noticed was his communication with Ranu and myself; his voice was not as low as it had always been when he communicated with us.  Instead, he had begun to voice out more often, and we did not have to prompt him. To boost his confidence, Mr Manjeet ensured he educated my son on topics he was taking in school and ones he was yet to be taught.

 

Two months into his PlanetSpark lessons, Mr Manjeet gave him a topic to read and work on before his next class. Before that, Mr Manjeet had told him about podcasting. They watched many videos and read many articles on how to start a podcast, and although my son seemed interested in it, he was not confident about starting one. After he had worked on the assignment with Ranu's help, he had typed out his work with my help and thought he would submit it as an essay, but the teacher asked him to talk on the topic as though it was a podcast. Seeing as it was impromptu,  Prashanth was nervous at first, and I  thought he was going to close up on his teacher, but much to our surprise, he did not. He spoke on the topic, and although he wasn't perfect, we could see that he had significantly improved, and that was his motivation to start his podcast.

 

Prashanth also joined the theatre group and had to act in a monologue scene in front of his teacher and some of the age group that he had never met before on PlanetSpark. The whole theatre idea really impressed me, but I wished something like this could be done physically and not the students acting their scenes miles apart. This is not just so we can keep memories of our son's improvements, but also, I fear that he has not gotten very used to talking to a large crowd. Acting physically would be in front of many people, and he would learn to master his stage fright.

 

Although Prashanth is still quite reserved, I believe it is just his personality, but when it comes to his communication and confidence, he has greatly improved. My 13-year-old boy, who was scared of talking to his cousins, now took it upon himself to speak to the woman at the counter whenever his mother took him to get something, and I couldn't be prouder. He knows when to speak up for himself, and he doesn't let anything stop him from saying his views. His teachers in school even commented on how he had started answering questions voluntarily and stopped sitting and doing things all by himself.

 

I noticed that after every class, there was no reference to what his teacher said. If there could be a recording of my son's classes made available for us, that would be great. Although PlanetSpark is a great learning platform, I think it would be better to improve on the demo classes. Since I checked the demo class before signing Prashanth up for the main class, I got to experience both. While the demo class was great, I believe it could have been better since it is a decision-making point for parents.

 

In all, PlanetSpark has truly helped Prashanth, not only in boosting his confidence but in many other areas of communication and critical thinking. All thanks to the PlanetSpark review I saw while surfing the internet.