claire's friend, ds came to my house yesterday, after the last hmt exam paper.
the moment claire hopped into the car, she excitedly told me about her math results.
in my house, ds asked if claire often 'reported' the exam result at first instance to me. of coz lah, claire replied.
she said,"i dun. normally, only when i get the paper!"
"why?" enquired the curious clairy cat.
"coz i dun want to let them knw if i dun perform up to their expectations!" quizzed the girl.
"but, good or bad, u tell them, it's once and for all what. either way, u still hv to disclose ur results....so, better tell early than late!"
"coz' my parents got short-term memory!" out came the funny reply.
"what do u mean?" probed my girl.
"when u dun do well and tell them, u get one scolding. then, u show them the paper, u get another scolding! so, i would rather show them later and get the scolding once!"
aye, u see, how kids are so smart these days....parents' behaviours can really mould a kid.
to me, my style is always telling the kids, to face the music of one's actions. immediacy is impt. procrastination might just aggravate the situation, coz' that's tantamount to hiding information.
so, when claire told the daddy about her 80 plus results, the only thing that he asked was,"claire, i'm not keen to knw how ur friend do. but ask urself, r u happy with the score? is this the best that u could have done?"
"YES, daddy, i think i'm the 2nd highest among the girls....all my friends...."
okay okay, at the end of it, if a kid doesnt do well, teach her to see her weaknesses and remind her to 'jiayou'......
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haha! the way kids think, so smart!
ReplyDeletehi jean, nice to hv u drop by reading!
ReplyDeletec'mon, how's things over there? got over all laments of bz-ness and boredom, haha?
be at peace, jean. u hv oppy to travel so much within europe continent.
we are all kept bz here. the last gathering was at kian chow's place on his bdae - 22 apr.
it was good to see him able to sit up to eat a little. everytime i look at him, i will be reminded of how fortunate i m to have a healthy body and family with me, though the trios are not always a 'pleasant' lot, haha.