claire's buddy reading program

last week, claire brought back a form to give affirmative reply to allow her to sign up for buddy reading program.

"are you keen?" i asked.

"mommy, do you think i should go?" she sought advice from me.

"well, let's see. aiya, look, the time is so early, do you think you want to sacrifice your sleep to do such cip program in school?" i queried.

her normal reporting sch hours is 7.30 am, but with this reading program with the p1 kids, she has to be 20 mins early, ie. 7.20 am.

in the end, i kinda 'discouraged' her as i wanted her to have more sleep. or maybe, it was for selfish reason, that i wanted my back to have longer rest on the bed.

suddenly, claire reminded,"mommy, i think i go lah. surely, i can wake up. also, not everyone is selected, you knw, in my class, only a few! maybe, my oral reading has always been good, that's why they chose me!"

ok ok, since it was a privileged participation, i gave my nod.

the form was submitted. this morn, the training session started. so, off we scooted by 7.10 am and i sure hope this program will spur her on to help people, by just taking a little of her time off from sleep.

many a times, children seek advice from parents, but i think we should in turn let them explore the oppy of taking on a task, rather than instructing them on what to do.

i am certainly proud of claire. i'm hoping that she will emerge with more confidence like joy, the way she puts her best in dance.