Since first wk of school, boy has been saying he doesn't want to go school. School is hard, there's alot of work to do, and has been asking when are the holidays. Perhaps we played too much too long over nov and dec hols and it took him quite a while to adjust back to school, and perhaps worst, his teachers have been stressing him out with worksheets, and nagging at them being the graduating class and 'forcing' them to grow up and mature.
I had to make a call to the eng teacher during the first wk of school, after he returned home crying, saying that his teacher used a ruler on his bottoms, because he didn't finish his work. We had a nice chat, and she denied her actions, I ddin't pursue. But we have a better understanding of each other afterwards. And boy never complains of eng class.
Today, he cried uncontrollably before dinner time, saying the same thing about not going to school and school is hard, and lamented about chinese class, that the teacher was loud at him, and he didn't know how to write some ch words, and all his friends could, that he didn't like it that he was slow. I just let him cry out his complains, and comforted him later.
After dinner, he worked hard at trying to write 'ma ma', 'ba ba' and other relative terms, i suggested writing these terms in a card and he put it in his bag. Wonder what his teacher would think of it, and wonder if i should call up his ch teacher too, 'pl don't stress my son out... he's only 5.5 and he still wants to play and enjoy his childhood. Work sheets are not everything at k2.
I realise i disagree with the sch system today and gave a min thought of home schooling, but no. I'll make sure i'll always be there for my kids, and love is the most important thing above results and all else. May God enable me. And us.