Mid Year Exams

This is the first time for us to go through an experience of our children having exams. Since Sufi started his primary education, he has started to have lots of class test which are meant as a preparation for him to sit for a more important examination. So far, as I did mentioned before we do not intend to sent him for any tution class till maybe when he is at primary 3 onwards if need be. Apart from we coach him ourselves for now, my brother-in-law mentioned that it is not necessary unless the child is having poor grades or poor respond totally. This is to also to avoid lesser stress in the child daily lifestyle thus he can have a more better rooms of expressing himself or feel more relax.

Nevertheless, we still sent him for Arabic tuition because neither one of us can converse fluently. And only Rid can coach him basically.

So I felt that the roles of a parent changed once your child start primary school. It is not the normal coaching or interactive teaching but it involves every aspect of the primary education. And not to mentioned the time mangament that we need to handle very well, otherwise, the child will feel exhausted and we too will get frustrated. So, the education system is so much different now, apart from consistency in the learning process the child needs guidance and moral support. This is something Rid and I try to put in extra effort on achieving maximum results but with much love emphasised.

I also want to share this, my brother-in-law once told us that his teacher at his university told him not to eat chicken during the exams period. I forget exactly how he explained but remembered clearly that chicken slows the memorising skills. Meaning you will have difficulty or finds it hard to absorbed most that you read. And my mother-in-law mentioned that chicken makes you sleepy if you consume too much of it. It might be true as I tried and realised that it has a great impact not only on my kids but on ME.
Whatever methodology, ways, advise that we received or tried, we hope that it works well and blend well into our parenting style and also to ensure that Sufi is comfortable with it. This is our first time and lets see the outcome soon.

All the best Sufi.