At the start of the year, my eldest daughter moved up to Primary 6. As if nothing else is important, her teachers, not to mention us parents, are already focusing and worrying about the very important activity at the end of the year - PSLE.
And with that, her Chinese teacher urged her to tell us to apply for her exemption from Chinese mother tongue. This we have done one time when she was still in P4, and it was rejected - approval in principle withheld pending offering of a different foreign language.
So from that time on, we already thought of enrolling her to take up French language.
Time dragged on, until she went up to P6, and that is when we only arranged for everything. We filled up the application for exemption form another time, and sent it to the school's admin office. And her registration for French class only happened later, so we again got a rejection from the Ministry, with the same status: approval pending offering of a different foreign language.
Well, we already sent in a copy of the French class registration form, and we called up the school's admin office to check if they have received the copy, and there were some miscommunication and misunderstanding in the process, but things were ironed out.
Cutting all the long twists and turns, we got the approval from the Ministry, and now, our eldest child is religiously attending her French class every Tuesday evening. And the very thing that I told her is that, now with Chinese class out of the way, there is no more reason, and no excuse, why she should not excel in Science, Maths and English. Previously, the dip in her grades is due to her performance in Chinese language. It was understandable, since we are a non-Chinese family, and no near relatives or friends are Chinese.
Also this year, I let my kids go, three of them, all of them. I don't sit with them anymore when they do their homeworks. I deemed that it is already time for my daughters to stand on their own feet. Well, actually, IT IS for my eldest daughter, and the younger two were receiving the treatment earlier in their life. But as "ta jie" learns to be on her own, she is also able to guide and mentor her younger sisters. A bonus for the two!
What's more, with Chinese out of her mind and thoughts, she has time to concentrate on the other subjects, focusing on what really matters, at the same time, not letting her French language learning slip. They were 'threatened' of being kicked out of the French language center if they don't do well. I know, it was a bluff, but we inculcate in her mind that she has to do equally well, as she will still continue her French language studies come secondary school.
And now, we did observe one thing: she is doing well, even better.
Way to go, Ate!
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How Thiamine Helps in Gaining Some Height
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