Parent-meet-Teachers

Today, we went to school to meet both Jeremy's and Timothy's teachers. The purpose of the meeting was to allow parents and teachers to give feedback on the past year's (or semester's) curriculum and also on the child's development, both academically and socially.

I am proud to say that all teachers without exception (... ok, maybe for Timmy's English teacher, since we did not have a chance to talk to her) commented that we have very smart boys. Both of them are coping very well with their academic milestones. Well done boys!!

Jeremy:

Since Nursery, I was never concerned about Jeremy's interest for learning. He has shown great interest in wanting to know and learn more. So much so that i was not able to keep up :)

I was more concerned with his social skills. He is a very quiet and shy boy. But today, the feedback that I got from school was really surprising and at the same time, encouraging. Most of his teachers said that he has opened up a lot! He even volunteered to attempt at questions in his English classes and once, he even volunteered to do show and tell during his English speech and drama classes!

I was so surprised and was speechless... I told myself that i must not give up and label him as a shy boy. I know he can do it.

Timothy:

We thought we would be told that Timmy is a playful boy. But, we were wrong! Very wrong! All his teachers told us that he is such an adorable child and guess what? He is even Mr Popular in class! Apparently, many parents today wanted to know who is Timothy because their kids have been telling them that they like Timothy and Timothy is their best friend! So, looks like we may not have to worry about his social skills.

Academically? He excels in it too! We were so surprised when his teachers told us that he is very ATTENTIVE in school and would participate voluntarily in all the activities. Attentive? We really couldn't believe our ears because when it comes to story reading time at home, he would be wandering off to do something else after just one or two sentences (unless of course the story relates to some superheroes fighting some bad guys). And for the record, he demonstrated to us that his Chinese vocabulary has improved tremendously, reciting at least 10 Chinese words that were pasted on the wall in school!

I guess we came back feeling happy and proud of our boys! Keep it up!!