First year of middle school officially
wrapped up on Friday. Hans got his report card in an email. He was very
particular about viewing it first and even though I received it, I let him have
the pleasure or as it turned out, the
displeasure! As he gave me back my phone, he warned me that I wouldn’t be
happy.
Hans got his first C on a report card;
actually there were a bunch of Cs for French. I was expecting that result and I
wasn’t unhappy. Hans’ French teacher had requested a meeting with me before
March Break where he expressed a concern about Hans’ lack of interest in the
language. So, I was aware that the boy was struggling a bit. Both the French
teacher and I came up with a plan to help Hans do better. However the pandemic
interrupted that from happening. Hans never did get that chance to work with
his teacher to do better.
I am hoping I am able to help him over
the summer holidays in some way so he is prepared sufficiently to deal with a higher level
of French in Grade 7.
A C is not really a sea of despair
that Hans seems to think he has to swim through. It is more like a wake-up call.
I let him know that he only has 3 more years of French and then, he can bid au revoir
to it!
From
experience, I can confidently say that most of us do better when a subject is
interesting to us. However to get to the subjects we like and can effortlessly
float in, we have to wade through what sometimes seem like seas of despair!
