The student Serhiy is proudest of: Maksym's story
Not about trophies and wins — about the student breaking teacher Serhiy Banko singles out as the hardest worker in all his years of teaching.
Asked which student he is proudest of — even without a single trophy — breaking teacher Serhiy Banko answered without hesitation: Maksym.
"The boy's build, his body structure, made breaking anything but easy for him. Everything came hard. But he was so focused, so hard-working — he never moaned to me, never complained that something wasn't working. He just went and did what I told him."
Maksym had podium places too, Serhiy says — but they are not what defines this story. "I'm proud of all my students. But I'd single him out as the hardest worker in all my years of teaching — for stubbornness in the good sense of the word."
This is a story not about talent but about the fact that in breaking — and not only in breaking — endurance and discipline sometimes count for more than natural gifts.