Maoster enters formal education this year.
So far, apart from maths ( probably from me) everything seems to be okay. Of cos, he couldn't tell time yet. Of cos, he thinks 90cents is bigger than a dollar. But, my boy seems to be able to "get through" his days by using little bits of EQ and IQ.
On telling time:
He sticks with friends who know how to tell them. They leave, he leaves. I have told him so many times to learn to time. He says why bother? He hates to wear a watch, in fact, he hates to wear anything that are uncomfortable ( like his dad). He doesn't like socks. He doesn't like hats. He doesn't like jeans. He hates shoes. ( every morning when he wears school shoes, he complains), he hates tags behinds his shirts. He loves boxers and crocs. He wears crocs EVERYWHERE, even to wedding dinners ( i give up having to hear him whining all day long).... I digress...
On money matters:
He figures out that eating fried rice gives him the least headache in school. It cost a dollar. No fuss. No change. Just the wonder of a golden coin.
Chicken porridge requires 2 steps. A golden coin and then the auntie gives him some coins back. 30cents of coins. How much I ask him then is the chicken porridge - he says, I dunno!
Well, he maintains the fact that he buys only these 2 items because he is afraid that he doesn't have enough money. Well, I told him that we gave him enough $$$ (1.50) and that he should be able to buy enough food. He says, okay if you say so. Next day, he scolded me. He says he doesn't have enough $$$. Oh well, he ordered fried rice and the dishes from the economic rice..... it's like 2 meals i told him.... he says, well I told you mummy, I do not have enough money. I told you so!
General:
Feedback from the teachers seems to say he is coping well in school. He is very quiet ( which is true, cos he says teachers say no talking and if i talk, what if I get reported?) and he is very happy about PE and PAL lessons whereby he gets to visit the library.
Well, we will know how thngs goes as assessment are in week 8 and to be in total honesty, I am really worried about how he stands academically. It takes many reminders to tell myself that he is young and unique and that academics is only one and actually rather small ( enlarged in Singapore context) aspect of his entire life.
Social:
He seems to get along okay with his peers. Yesterday he spoke to me about BAD words. It was really funny actually. The bigger boys at the school bus taught him. 2 words. They are BAD words. REALLY BAD he said and that he shouldn't say it in front of me because they are rude and really BAD.
I laughed when he told me what are these words.
1. KING KONG COCK.
2. VAGINA.
Boys will be boys. I told him non-chalently what they mean and tell him that since he knows these are rude words and the latter is just a female organ, there is nothing more to it. He sehe might seems to accept it. For now. I was thinking should i explain King Kong Cock as a gigantic rooster but I thought that I should just tell him what the boys meant.
However with Maoster stepping into formal education - his little mind is beyond our control. What he sees, learns, choose to retain. The friends he makes, the values he holds..... from the biggest to the smallest, my little one is exposed.
Exposure is not a bad thing. Non-exposure is. However exposure comes with risk and with risk sometimes it allows one to gain even more. For now, we just pray that the values and love we have given him and the faith of his family will carry him through.
So far, apart from maths ( probably from me) everything seems to be okay. Of cos, he couldn't tell time yet. Of cos, he thinks 90cents is bigger than a dollar. But, my boy seems to be able to "get through" his days by using little bits of EQ and IQ.
On telling time:
He sticks with friends who know how to tell them. They leave, he leaves. I have told him so many times to learn to time. He says why bother? He hates to wear a watch, in fact, he hates to wear anything that are uncomfortable ( like his dad). He doesn't like socks. He doesn't like hats. He doesn't like jeans. He hates shoes. ( every morning when he wears school shoes, he complains), he hates tags behinds his shirts. He loves boxers and crocs. He wears crocs EVERYWHERE, even to wedding dinners ( i give up having to hear him whining all day long).... I digress...
On money matters:
He figures out that eating fried rice gives him the least headache in school. It cost a dollar. No fuss. No change. Just the wonder of a golden coin.
Chicken porridge requires 2 steps. A golden coin and then the auntie gives him some coins back. 30cents of coins. How much I ask him then is the chicken porridge - he says, I dunno!
Well, he maintains the fact that he buys only these 2 items because he is afraid that he doesn't have enough money. Well, I told him that we gave him enough $$$ (1.50) and that he should be able to buy enough food. He says, okay if you say so. Next day, he scolded me. He says he doesn't have enough $$$. Oh well, he ordered fried rice and the dishes from the economic rice..... it's like 2 meals i told him.... he says, well I told you mummy, I do not have enough money. I told you so!
General:
Feedback from the teachers seems to say he is coping well in school. He is very quiet ( which is true, cos he says teachers say no talking and if i talk, what if I get reported?) and he is very happy about PE and PAL lessons whereby he gets to visit the library.
Well, we will know how thngs goes as assessment are in week 8 and to be in total honesty, I am really worried about how he stands academically. It takes many reminders to tell myself that he is young and unique and that academics is only one and actually rather small ( enlarged in Singapore context) aspect of his entire life.
Social:
He seems to get along okay with his peers. Yesterday he spoke to me about BAD words. It was really funny actually. The bigger boys at the school bus taught him. 2 words. They are BAD words. REALLY BAD he said and that he shouldn't say it in front of me because they are rude and really BAD.
I laughed when he told me what are these words.
1. KING KONG COCK.
2. VAGINA.
Boys will be boys. I told him non-chalently what they mean and tell him that since he knows these are rude words and the latter is just a female organ, there is nothing more to it. He sehe might seems to accept it. For now. I was thinking should i explain King Kong Cock as a gigantic rooster but I thought that I should just tell him what the boys meant.
However with Maoster stepping into formal education - his little mind is beyond our control. What he sees, learns, choose to retain. The friends he makes, the values he holds..... from the biggest to the smallest, my little one is exposed.
Exposure is not a bad thing. Non-exposure is. However exposure comes with risk and with risk sometimes it allows one to gain even more. For now, we just pray that the values and love we have given him and the faith of his family will carry him through.
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