1st semester of school is over for Kyle. Just had the parent-teacher conference with his teachers. So far, one word, very encouraging, especially with his Malay class. He has shown a lot of improvement, and he now speaks more of the language. Although he still has trouble with talking Malay naturally, but he makes a conscious effort and it shows. He tries to connect the words together to form a proper sentence and even though it does not come out right many times, he is never discouraged and he tries again. He is even active in class discussions, contributing even though he is not fluent in this language.His malay teacher even said that his persistence is very encouraging and she is positive that he will improve much more if he keeps up with this.
He got a B for both English and Maths. Needs to read more English books to get him familiarised with words and start reading. Overall, his behaviour is much better although still very active and the teachers have to occupy him all the time, or else he gets restless and gets himself into trouble.
Sigh...if only I can afford to work part-time, I will definitely devote my time to teaching my kids properly.
