Academics Update

Paper star bokeh
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Last night, the little girl showed me her long test papers. If my memory serves me right, she had 2 subjects, one of which is Reading, 50/50. Two subjects scored at 48/50 and Language with 45/50.

I've yet to upload her report card for the first quarter. She ranked 4th in their class of 13. Although the school only recognize the top 3, we are proud parents nonetheless. Merely a couple of points difference and she would've made it, teacher said. No, we're not aiming to snatch that spot for the next quarter. We're just happy she's doing well and would have given her diamonds for reward :)

Done with the academic stuffs, I asked teacher about the little girl's behavior in school. Sad to say, even if she's brighter than some of the older kids in her class, she has the tendency to procrastinate specially on writing and coloring tasks. (I think she got that from me LOL.) She would wait for her seatmate to finish and nonchalantly ask for her help.

Teacher is trying to instill to her the value of patience and she'd want to be called first all the time. In effect, Teacher would purposely call her last which I can imagine how much makes the little girl sad and frustrated :(

Honestly, I'm at a loss here as I don't want to discourage her to strive to be first. Back home, I just told her to be more patient and wait for her turn. How can a child understand that sometimes you have to give others a chance and to wait for your turn? Wouldn't that kill her eagerness to participate during recitation? *sigh*