It has been an emotional school
year for Hans. He started off in September minus his three friends and was as
miserable as a child can be. However, he is finishing off with a friend and a
couple of potential friends! Hans is
ending it on a happy note.
For ASid, it has been a year
where he slacked off on all levels possible. And yet, he added speech
competitions to his repertoire! He participated in a French speech competition
as well as a heritage language speech competition. Both were attended by
Craigley since he understands both the languages somewhat! Craigley actually
ended up recording both the speeches and I have to say that ASid captured the 2 different accents quite
nicely.
Recently, I let ASid know
that he is responsible for his choices and he has himself to blame if he is
unhappy at the end of it all. As a parent, I provide the necessary support and
it is his responsibility to use that to his advantage and seek additional
support if required.
His silent response to my sermon showed more growth and maturity than by
anything he actually ever said this entire school year!
I often talk about choices
with the boys. I made my own choices and I do not complain about my life or
blame others for it. Of course, I am
human and have an occasional outburst. But mostly, I take ownership of the
consequences of my choices.
So, how did I do this school year?! Not too bad. I went back to
school, even if online, and got an additional qualification. I have made a name
for myself as a tutor. I have solid referrals, but I am unable to take on more
kids since the tutoring clashes with the time with my own kids. However, I am more determined than ever to
go back to work.
Smoggie wrote an email to me a
couple of months ago about my going back to work. He made me sound like some
superstar. Smoggie is obviously super biased.
However, what resonated with me is the following:
Hopefully if you
choose the teaching route, you are able to still brush up on your technical
skills so you can motivate kids -- especially as a role model for girls -- to
love STEM subjects. The possibilities for you are almost limitless --
teaching or tech or teaching tech or actually anything your heart desires!
This school year, Hans’
school launched STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) in a big way.
Most teachers had to learn most everything from scratch. I helped a couple of
teachers in a couple of classrooms and I realized that I am technically ready for a classroom of my
own. Pun totally intended!
Have a good summer everyone!
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