Afterthoughts on First & Second Day of Primary School
Today is the second day of primary school for my boy, Miloboy.
As usual, he’s nonchalant and does not care much what is happening around him. He can pretty much adapt to the new environment, I guess. Just before he went to bed just now, he was telling his sister that he had learned NOTHING so far….
This is just the 2nd day, what can you expect? The actual learning has not started. Well, I can safely say that I will not be surprised that every other single student in his class has attended or are attending enrichment courses, but my boy does not.
Maybe I am depriving him of a so called “additional edge” but I am also giving him in return, a less stressful and happier childhood, enjoy more time with the family, and grow up to a kind and happy person.
My boy’s teacher also give out a letter on her expectations and what is required for school. Guess I will be busy doing some shopping then.
Oh yeah, I was actually VERY pissed with the over-zealous parents…. in Singapore, we call such parents “Kiasu”. I am unable to understand why most parents cannot tolerate a bit of waiting.
Warning:
Before you proceed, note that I am going to be VERY SARCASTIC below. 
You see, the gate of the dismissal of the kids are not very wide, quite narrow in fact. On the first day of school dismissal, practically 95% of the parents jammed packed the school gate, making it very very slow, as in order to get in and get out, you need to squeeze through the CROWD… The school has already told us that dismissal are by classes, so it is actually more efficient if parents wait with a distance and only go forward to pick their kids when a class of kids comes out to be fetched home…..
but apparently, the majority of parents “CANNOT UNDERSTAND INSTRUCTIONS”, despite being fully educated.
On the second day, which is today, the situation does not improve BUT the school made adjustments in attempt to counter such Kiasu parents by placing barriers to avoid swarming of parents to pick up their kids. Such ungraceful behaviour of the parents puts me off.
Ok, that’s enough of my rant, and thanks for reading this.
January 15th, 2009 at 10:08 am
I must be one of those parents that deprived my girl of her childhood cause she has so many enrichment classes! But luckily, she is enjoying them!
January 15th, 2009 at 10:52 pm
Its good that Sheyenne enjoys them. I dun think that’s depriving her childhood if she enjoys it and if she has nothing much to do at home. I may have portrayed myself as hating enrichment classes but seriously, that’s not the case. Its those type of parents that forces their kids to attend enrichment classes and make the kids so busy that they do not have free time of their own, tiring them out. Such kids are deprived of a happy childhood.