Dominic's class had their SA1 English Show & Tell this week. The test was spread over 3 days and his was on the last day. I asked him about his classmates' S&T performance and he told me that his classmates 'copied' from each other because they all said the same thing. I probed further and it seemed like it was not just same information on the ( Read more... )

Hmmm....I went to look for Dominic's Chinese teacher just now to make some noise about the Show and Tell. The Chinese Teacher is a relief teacher cos the actual teacher has gone overseas for further study. In summary ( Read more... )

Dominic's school's Chinese Department is really NOT on top of things and I am seriously thinking of complaining about it even though I am trying very hard not to become one of those Complaint King parents ( Read more... )

Just realised tomorrow is Teacher's Day Celebration. I mean, I know about it already but it just occurred to me the significance of it - ie Gifts for the teachers ( Read more... )

These days, I feel like I have to be a gangster parent in order to deal with Dominic's school teachers ( Read more... )

I wish I have more patience and better diplomacy ( Read more... )

I was writing the Chinese character for mouth for Dominic - 嘴 - when I suddenly remembered that there was a simplified version of it that I learned when I was in school - 咀. I have a tendency to write in the traditional form sometimes so it came naturally for me to write 嘴. But I remembered when I wrote out the word for Dominic, I was referring ( Read more... )

I hate hanyu pinyin ( Read more... )

I couldn't believe my eyes when I went to Dominic's school during lunch time and saw two boys being fed by their maids. Even Dominic laughed when he saw them.

What were the parents thinking, sending their maids to the school to feed the little emperors?!

Tomorrow is Dominic's last day in his preschool. (Except for another day of camp next month.)


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