The first time I used EFT

for a school related issue was with my 15-year-old son.l. He had just received

an interim report from school. His mark in Social Studies was dismal. We started

to have a discussion on why the mark was so bad and he went on a tirade about

how he hated Social Studies. Social Studies is stupid! Nobody should have to

take it! It doesn't make any sense it! It has no value and on and

on.

"Hey!" I said to myself. "I am going to try EFT to see if it works

here."

So I asked for his permission and he said, "Sure". We had

previously used it a number of times for headaches, sore muscles and have had

some pretty amazing results in sports. So he was very open to EFT. It wasn't

very hard to tell from his body language, tone of voice etc that he was at a

10.

We tapped on:

• Even though I really hate

  Social Studies ...

• Even though Social Studies

  is stupid ...

• Even though nobody should

  have to take Social Studies ....

• Even though Social Studies

  doesn't make any sense and has no value ....

And after a few minutes his

voice quieted and he was less upset. I asked him where he was on a scale of 1-10

and he said he was still at a 4.

I asked him a few more

questions.

Q: When did you start hating Social

Studies?
A: I have always hated

it.

Q: I know that it has been something you never

liked. When was the first time you remember taking Social

Studies?
A: Grade 6

Q: What do you

remember about Grade 6 Social Studies?
A: I hated the

teacher. Every time I go into Social Studies class I think of that stupid orange

Social Studies book we had.

Q. What number are you at

now?
A: At least an 8.

Q: Why did

you hate the teacher?
A: You remember she was the one that

told _______________ that she could never ever play professional basketball.

That she was too short. And she should change her dreams to something more

reasonable. That really pissed me off.

"I think we found it!" I

said.

So we tapped on:

• Even though I have always

  hated Social Studies ....

• Even though I hated my

  Grade 6 Social Studies teacher ...

• Even though I hated that

  stupid orange book ...

• "I remember her name now.

  It was Mrs. ________________."

Even though I was so mad

that Mrs. _______ told ________ she could never play in the WBA and tried to

steal her dream, I totally love an accept myself and forgive Mrs. __________

because she didn't know any better.

I asked where he was, now.

He answered with, "It's gone! There is nothing left". Coming home from school

the next day he said to me immediately when he came in the door, "Dad you never

believe how much I learned in Social Studies today!

Since then he has told me he

has used EFT in school during the middle of a test when his mind would go blank,

when he has gotten frustrated with doing a project and even when he gets

frustrated with a teacher.

Paul W.-Canada