Bettytlopez

Im Stressed Out-My Childrens Exams are Coming

October 17, 2006

My two kids are on  a four day break from school.I get stressed out whenever the last month of the school year comes. It means that I have to review my two kids in Maths and English. My main stress is that

1) their Chinese subject has not improved despite a tutor that I have hired that comes twice weekly.

 

2) I have tried to tutor them in Maths which is not an easy tasks. Their Mathematics is quite hard specially the number problems.I get crazy just answering their questions. The problems that you have to solve are even harder than my Maths 14(trigonometry ) and Math 17(ALgebra and Trigo) subjects in college. And to think my eldest son is still in Primary 4. My God !

 3) English is another thing. Although   I had been using English since Elementary and I think in English, some of the vocabulary words in their subjects are too close in terms of meaning that sometimes I have to double check with my trusted  Webster dictionary for the nuances in the meaning as used in their essays.

Their exams are within a weeks time and now I understand why Singaporean parents usually take a leave a week before the final exams. I am going crazy.(ENOUGH FOR ME TO REPEAT THIS BLOG 11X WITHOUT ME KNOWING IT)


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