gals walked home alone from school today... joanna returned before 3pm... and rachelle was expected to be home by 4pm...
from our balcony... i could spot the gals walking back...
as i opened the door to welcome rachelle... tears started to well in her eyes... i got so worried... wondered what happened...
she said that the last lesson was 'sports club'... much like CCA... she chose to be sports club... and they were all speaking in japanese... and she didnt understand one single bit... she felt left out...
so she asked to be excused... she went to the toilet and sobbed... and when she returned to class... her friends noticed and asked if she was ok... that made her cry some more... then her form teacher called for the english-speaking teacher to talk with her...
the teacher comforted her saying that she doesnt need to understand the language to join sports club... advised her to enjoy being in the club...
when i heard this... my heart broke... even joanna teared... guess she must have felt the same as rachelle in school...
i began to wonder if we are doing the right thing by putting them in a local school... cos this might jus jeopardise their singapore syllabus also... and this is adding stress to the gals... and also to hubby...
every night... hubby needs to read the many memos sent home... and he will spend at least 45min explaining line by line to me after the gals have gone to bed...
and my gals... think they have inherited our characters... they wouldnt jus 'go through' school... they would wanna do their best too... thus adding pressure...
had a chat with hubby with regards to this... and we felt that this is barely the first week... we should carry on... recognising that this builds character and perseverance in our gals...
guess i feel really bad cos... i am the only one that seems to have absolutely nothing to do... no class... no school... jus wash and cook...
but like what hubby said... let's press on... we will see the good in this soon...
yes we will... =)
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