| Thanks for reply, everybody.
Sophwillsmum, I'm not eager for my son to start schooling as such a young age. But it's how they do it here in Hong Kong that they have to go to kindergarten when they're above 2 years and 8 months (am I right?)
Our son didn't even go to nursery like others did, so he was not used to sitting down for a long time at the school like other students.
(I tell my husband that sometimes older students don't want to answer teacher's question, but it doesn't mean that they need to transfer to another school)
You can ask my husband, I always complain about Hong Kong system that asks children go to kindergarten in such a young age.
(Back home, they start at 4 years instead of 3).
My son will turn 4 in October and he's in K2 now.
Capital and Sunniefaith,
I didn't know when I put him in this school last year that he was going to have lots of works to do.
I thought all the children had to do at kindergarten was playing. Well, I was wrong.
I was surprised that he had to learn reading, writing and math since K1. He had homework everyday, and assessment for one whole week at the end of each term.
I was very surprised!
But my husband told me that this was normal.
(What? Do you call that normal?)
Even my cousin told me that this is normal when I complained about it to her.
For me, I'm opposed to this kind of teaching. At home, I always play with him and he learns so much through playing.
(My husband doesn't agree with me since he grew up in Hong Kong and has this mindset).
But we can't afford International school and I'm told that all the local schools are like this (am I wrong again?)
I've seen naughtier and spoiled children (so how do they perform at the school then?)
I always think that my son is quite normal (am I wrong again?) then why the teachers don't want him in their classes?
I don't know what to do anymore.
My husband tells me that he needs to be able to sit still as this is the way they do it in Hong Kong (and it's my job to make sure that our son does it! though I've tried everything I know of, but it's not good enough since the teachers complain about him)
But the teachers can't complain that he doesn't know his stuffs, though.
Though sometimes he walks around in the class when he sits long enough, he knows what's going on in the class and can answer correctly when asked. He can remember things very fast.
Even before he went to kindie, whenever I played with him, he could remember quickly and learned a lot through playing.
Do I need to change him to another local school since we can't afford International school?
(But if all the local schools are like this, he'd still be miserable, no?)
I'm going to do some research about other local kindergartens now.
Thanks again for reading this long post. I have nobody to turn to here.
Lynn  |