We have started a new experiment at home today. I feel like a child visiting the chemistry lab for the first time, donning the white coat and mixing some liquids, feeling the excitement of doing some alchemy that would change the world, much to the amusement of the teachers and the lab assistants and others who have seen it all before. But for the child, it is the excitement that matters. And that is how it is.
I have decided to keep my son at home and work with him to improve himself. After 5 years of formal schooling, he is taking a gap year (pun intended) to fill the gaps that have been glossed over in these years as he kept learning new things while not waiting to pause and go back and correct. It is not his fault, just the way the system works. Kids move from one class to another learning newer things as there is so much to learn, but some kids need more time than the others to cope up. This year is that year for us. He will look back and compare his previous reports to see what he needs to work upon and then, use this year to catch up. Hopefully, he will be ready to join back the mainstream again better prepared from next year.
A shout-out to the catalyst for this. My wife is currently very worried that he will not be taken back by the system next year and I am playing with his life. Then there is the matter of the li'l one who is quite a handful which makes her plate overflowing. But I trust her more than I do myself and know that she has it in her to do justice to both of them. I hope to be helpful in the whole process and help her recognize her own strength better.
My son is excited by the prospect. He is a wonderful boy and I believe he can cope up with any curve-balls that will be thrown at him. I just want him to be able to score a home-run off them but for that he has to start working at the basics - learning to tie his shoelaces to start with.
However, if anything goes wrong, all responsibility will be mine alone.
I have decided to keep my son at home and work with him to improve himself. After 5 years of formal schooling, he is taking a gap year (pun intended) to fill the gaps that have been glossed over in these years as he kept learning new things while not waiting to pause and go back and correct. It is not his fault, just the way the system works. Kids move from one class to another learning newer things as there is so much to learn, but some kids need more time than the others to cope up. This year is that year for us. He will look back and compare his previous reports to see what he needs to work upon and then, use this year to catch up. Hopefully, he will be ready to join back the mainstream again better prepared from next year.
A shout-out to the catalyst for this. My wife is currently very worried that he will not be taken back by the system next year and I am playing with his life. Then there is the matter of the li'l one who is quite a handful which makes her plate overflowing. But I trust her more than I do myself and know that she has it in her to do justice to both of them. I hope to be helpful in the whole process and help her recognize her own strength better.
My son is excited by the prospect. He is a wonderful boy and I believe he can cope up with any curve-balls that will be thrown at him. I just want him to be able to score a home-run off them but for that he has to start working at the basics - learning to tie his shoelaces to start with.
However, if anything goes wrong, all responsibility will be mine alone.
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