RESTLESSNESS in children can be turned into something positive in a give-and-take relationship, says Pedro Lee Sheung-yuen, the gifted musician of St Stephen's College.
What made the 16-year-old Pedro come up with such a profound attitude about the young? The accomplished pianist, with the Licentiate of the Trinity College of London (LTCL) under his belt, told Young Post that it was the snowball effect in full action.
'When I was in Form Three, our music teacher, Mr Tong Shiu-wai, assigned me to be chairman of the school's music society.
'That was a very daring step to take since juniors were usually perceived as the ones taking orders, instead of giving them.' Since then such role reversal has been the order of the day for the society. Now juniors - students from Form One to Form Three - handle most of the administration work, which includes registering new members, lending piano practice rooms and organising orchestra performance for seniors.
'You would be surprised by how efficient and devoted the juniors can be when they channel all their youthful energy into something they really want to do,' said the junior scholarship student of the Academy for Performing Arts.
Pedro's percussion talent surfaced when he challenged himself in an entirely novel territory - martial arts.
'Originally, I wanted to change my rather introvert character and I believed that practising martial arts takes co-operation with other disciples,' Pedro said.