One morning last week, Sarah's teacher Nancy spoke to me about Sarah not having the Ladybird books set. She said that every day she loans Sarah her book. And because Sarah doesn't have those books, she couldn't practise much and as a result, her reading is very poor. All the other kids are graduating to Book 2A, whereas Sarah is still stuck with Book 1A.
I was actually quite stunned and angry at the same time. Hello, it's already May and now only the teacher's telling me about this. Hubby and I thought the books were optional. My impression was that there is this set of books at school for all to read, and if we parents want our kids to practise reading at home, we are "highly encouraged" to buy the books. So, I was wrong. Everyone has to have the books.
But what striked me was how the teacher emphasised that there're prizes at the end of school term for kids who are good in reading. So? Sarah just started schooling this year. I don't expect her to acquire everything within a short span of time. She can't read, so what? I know she loves drawing because our wall is full of her sketches. We don't throw away any of her sketches and they've piled up to layer number 2 now. I know she loves numbers. She can recite from 1-100. To me that is an achievement.
Anyway, we finally bought the books for her last weekend. I don't want her to feel bad at school. I think she has been feeling bad all these while just that she didn't tell us. I managed to talk to her and she said she hates the books. I found out that her teacher will ask her to sit at her chair quietly whenever she can't read the book. What kind of treatment is that? That is rejection.
I'm going to talk to Gunesh about that.
I was actually quite stunned and angry at the same time. Hello, it's already May and now only the teacher's telling me about this. Hubby and I thought the books were optional. My impression was that there is this set of books at school for all to read, and if we parents want our kids to practise reading at home, we are "highly encouraged" to buy the books. So, I was wrong. Everyone has to have the books.
But what striked me was how the teacher emphasised that there're prizes at the end of school term for kids who are good in reading. So? Sarah just started schooling this year. I don't expect her to acquire everything within a short span of time. She can't read, so what? I know she loves drawing because our wall is full of her sketches. We don't throw away any of her sketches and they've piled up to layer number 2 now. I know she loves numbers. She can recite from 1-100. To me that is an achievement.
Anyway, we finally bought the books for her last weekend. I don't want her to feel bad at school. I think she has been feeling bad all these while just that she didn't tell us. I managed to talk to her and she said she hates the books. I found out that her teacher will ask her to sit at her chair quietly whenever she can't read the book. What kind of treatment is that? That is rejection.
I'm going to talk to Gunesh about that.
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