Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Education...

I seldom write such a long blog n no pictures or photos.... but I seriously need to vent this out somewhere....
These few days, I been very stressful on Big monster homeworks... He seem to be lost and confuse... same as me. Last term, basically he failed every subject and manage to pass maths by a few marks. I really had no idea how to teach or correct him.
He don't seem to understand at all. We thought that maybe tuition may help, but at the end it seem that more work and teaching from us. He can't finished his homework everyday. He has to stay up late as 11pm just to finish his homework... At the end, I decided not to give him tuition since he can't even finished his h/w.
I admit he is slow, almost everyday I must nag and nag and nag, telling him what to do next and hurry him to do this and that. And don't forget, I still have another 2 little monsters for attention.
The education system here is really fast. So fast that my poor boy can't catch it. He lost his grip... so am I.... he will cry just because he don't understand and telling us that he don't know how to do... I feel like crying with him too because I don't know how to teach.... And his daddy just give up and provide him answer....
Is not I want to blame the education system here... but is just not suitable for every kids especially the minority non-kiasu parent like us. (We didn't send him for any other enrichment class, maybe I should???) The Chinese comprehension is so hard that we have to provide him answer. But at the end is not the model answer, teacher ask him to redo... he returned again and the 3rd time, I wrote on his paper telling the teacher, both parent help and is still wrong, teacher please teach him! The maths paper is just another english paper. They have to understand the structure before solve the problems. This seem to be my Pri 6 questions rather than a Pri 2 questions now... Another nightmare for him and us.... And he returned with a very thick pile of chinese paper, is a preparation for his oral test. I don't see the point of a Pri 2 child need to memorise these over 30 pages just for 1 oral test???
I don't wish that my son will score every subject but at least he learn and understand, did his best and pass every subjects. At least, he is happy and we are not that stressful. (And now I get it why the majority don't want to give birth.... thought children bring a family happiness... but it seems to be more stress now... thinking of earning more $$ and stressing on the child academy.)

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