Tuesday 24 February 2009

Not easy to be a kid these days

Natalie is given homework for every weekend. She will have to do at least 3 pages of chinese homework + 2 worksheet for maths and english. These seems alot to me. I have a friend whose child is in Nursery is given homework everyday!!! Though it looks simple to us, it is a fair amount for work for the kid. Time has really changed, I do not remember doing any homework until I am in P1.

Our girl is not someone who can sit down and finish her homework. At the most she will do only a page or two for us. Sometimes we even have to resort to cane just to get her to sit down at the table to start her work. It is not an easy task. I would say her Papi is doing a much better job than me. He is definitely more stern and she listen to him esp when he is angry.

Natalie rather play with her yi-yi iTouch than to start with her chinese homework. After many attempts to get her to start working on her homework, Papi caned the table hard and she got a fright. Her concern is not her homework but rather if her Papi is angry with her. She will ask her Papi "Are you happy?" and hug him. Tell me who would get angry with her?

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