The brat has performed terribly. Even for a mother like me who is content to let him grow like a weed, this was crab grass level of performance. So dire and shameful, that had it been me in my youth I would have refused to return home and show said report to my progenitors. But the brat has no such misgivings.
Mamma spent the day in some sort of funk that his grades had dropped so miserably, chastising herself more than she chastised him.
The brat has also been on an extremely badly behaved, tantrummy kind of spree that is making mamma question her parenting, and everything that goes with it. Insolence, stubbornness, back answering, snarkiness and outright disobedience.
Ergo, Mamma was terribly sullen and withdrawn all of Saturday. By evening the brat was feeling distinctly nervous and uncomfortable with the sullen mamma.
He came sat in front of mamma in an attempt to make casual conversation. Discussion topic being a movie brat and mamma had watched together. Mamma's heart was not in the conversation.
He wandered off and brought back a book. Much to mamma's open mouthed shock. And began reading through it loudly and earnestly. This is a child who has to be dragged kicking and screaming towards a book. And once with a book in front of him will whine and whine till Mamma gives up attempting to make him interested in the book. And here he was reading Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (yes it is his textbook for the term) with great apparent enjoyment. Chuckling to himself, reading out bits aloud to me, and looking to me for approval. Which I gave him wholeheartedly.
The next morning, he pries my eyes open. "I want Charlie and D Grade Glass Ellivator." Okay. "An I wantu read Matilda." Sure child. "An I wantu read Charlie and Willy Wonka adventurz." Mamma's maternal heart overflew. Yes, yes, of course son, I will get you all the books you want. As long as you take an interest in reading.
Reading, mamma began, will develop your language skills, your sentence construction, help your spelling and so much more. You will do so well in Language Arts and comprehension. "Bud I don wantu read to do well in Langveg Ardz." said the brat. Mamma was puzzled, why then, she asked the brat, this sudden interest in books. "Because you ged so happy when I is readdin a buk."
Mamma spent the day in some sort of funk that his grades had dropped so miserably, chastising herself more than she chastised him.
The brat has also been on an extremely badly behaved, tantrummy kind of spree that is making mamma question her parenting, and everything that goes with it. Insolence, stubbornness, back answering, snarkiness and outright disobedience.
Ergo, Mamma was terribly sullen and withdrawn all of Saturday. By evening the brat was feeling distinctly nervous and uncomfortable with the sullen mamma.
He came sat in front of mamma in an attempt to make casual conversation. Discussion topic being a movie brat and mamma had watched together. Mamma's heart was not in the conversation.
He wandered off and brought back a book. Much to mamma's open mouthed shock. And began reading through it loudly and earnestly. This is a child who has to be dragged kicking and screaming towards a book. And once with a book in front of him will whine and whine till Mamma gives up attempting to make him interested in the book. And here he was reading Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (yes it is his textbook for the term) with great apparent enjoyment. Chuckling to himself, reading out bits aloud to me, and looking to me for approval. Which I gave him wholeheartedly.
The next morning, he pries my eyes open. "I want Charlie and D Grade Glass Ellivator." Okay. "An I wantu read Matilda." Sure child. "An I wantu read Charlie and Willy Wonka adventurz." Mamma's maternal heart overflew. Yes, yes, of course son, I will get you all the books you want. As long as you take an interest in reading.
Reading, mamma began, will develop your language skills, your sentence construction, help your spelling and so much more. You will do so well in Language Arts and comprehension. "Bud I don wantu read to do well in Langveg Ardz." said the brat. Mamma was puzzled, why then, she asked the brat, this sudden interest in books. "Because you ged so happy when I is readdin a buk."
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Brought tears to my eyes...
*kala tikka
Very touching. Wiping off my tears now.
I blame the education system! Not every child needs to get good grades.. Actually not every child will have patience to vomit mugged up lessons to translate into good grades. The system should accept it as well as the parents.
Even passing an exam to a certain extent is overrated. But yes, until the system is changed , the child is the one who has to compromise and struggle, sadly!
*Wipes eyes*
Lady K, this is priceless!!
Haaye! *emo*
the heart get fulls marks no?
Hi Kiran;
One really feels your pain. However, as they say, there is a silver lining.
Am really glad that the brat took the book on his own and started reading.
With warm wishes
Anu
what a sweetheart that child is :) Hugs to both of you!
From forced exposure to newsgroups for special need kids in the US I have come across lots of terms now. Visual learner etc.
Sirisha's comment above - hear hear!
Our system is geared towards test taking.
priceless! what a charmer he is!
So honest! So sweet!
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