Me: There is a baking camp for two days. Would you like to
go?
A: WOWOWO... when?
Where? How many days?
Me: The camp is on Tuesday and Wednesday. It is from 1 30
p.m to 6 p.m
A: Then forget it!
Me: Why? What's wrong?
A: You forget I have my tuition classes. AND if your
remember they begin at 1. The teachers won’t allow me to bunk
Me ( thinking): Who bunks with permission!
Me ( aloud): Do you want to go to the camp?
A:Of course! But you speak to my teachers. If they allow
then I will go.
So here I go again! The tuition teachers rule my life now! I
muster up the courage to call up the teachers. Am sure World War soldiers didn’t
have to do so much preparation!
And the deluge begins .......
‘See, I won’t repeat the portion’.
‘She will have to cover it up on her own’
‘I won’t give guarantee for that topic!’(Was the topic a
fridge?)
Anyway, even with all these warnings I decide to go ahead.
So A is enrolled, she bakes her cakes, enjoys the two day
camp and is actually recharged to take on her grade ten studies with vigour.
And yes, I did have to ensure she finished the topics, I had
to take guarantee for that topic and the teacher is still refusing to do that
topic for her.
Mind bender: The mind
is charged and fuelled with energy when you do something you love. Don’t we
like to take a break once in a while to recharge? What then gives us the idea
that our kids have inexhaustible resources, they can study nonstop? What makes
us conclude that a day or two of distraction will cause destruction?
a very true picture. doing something you like and that too tangent from what you are already doing does help enormously. but some where due to unwanted tension we grown ups fail to see the benefits .actually it is the grown ups who need to relax when the children prepare for some exams.so may they need to accompany the child in the new venture or take up some thing for themselves also.
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