Today is 1st Sep 2008, the first day of the one week's break between term 3 and 4. What are the reasons to have this break? Well, besides getting a break from school, it is also the time to play catching up with the studies and also to start preparing for the year-end exam.
I felt so ashamed when Isa called my office to ask, "Can I watch LOTR with you tonight?" My heart ached. I have been mean to Isa - I have been piling worksheets and assessment books onto her, instead of giving her a break from studies. I told her that she has to study harder and do better in the coming year-end exam. If she wants to be a school prefect, good academic results are generally preferred.
She has been wanting to wear the prefect tie very much. I have been using this "carrot" to motivate or push her to work harder in her studies. I did not ask her if doing worksheets and assessment books are top of her priority list.
Come on, give that poor child a break! Afterall, she is only 9 years old and she is already inundated with worksheets and assessment books daily.
It is time for me to reflect on myself.
Ok, let me pack up and leave this office which has tons of work that never seems to end. I want to watch LOTR with Isa tonight.
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