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2018 Secondary 3 Week 44 Update

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This is the last update for Secondary 3 for the year. School has been out for more than a week now, but both GG & BB had to go back to school for a week for the Sec 4 head start programme. They had full day of lessons the whole week and teachers started on work for the next year. They have also been loaded with homework for the holidays in all subjects so that when they go back to school in January, they can continue from where they left off.

Since the year is short, school’s are expected to complete the O level syllabus by the time they break for their mid-year holidays in June.

Our O level countdown has also begun with the exams around 11 months away. I need to take some decisions about whether they need extra tuition for any subjects, especially the sciences.

Next week is Diwali and today promises to be slightly busier than usual. But here’s to a wonderful Sunday to everyone.

2018 Week 42 Update

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Last week was quite a boring and unproductive week for me.

I did meet one organisation, whom I first met during the networking event during my back to work programme. The meeting went well, but the process is a long one, I will know if they want to meet me again only around 3 weeks later. Another place, where I met people want me to work on a six-month trial basis before committing to the role on a full-time basis. The role is basically a hardcore sales one, a role which I am not very comfortable with to begin, so I have asked them to wait a month or so till I hear back from the organisation I met with earlier. I have yet to hear back from them on this request of mine, but if it doesn’t work out, I’m okay with it since it was a role I was not very interested in, to begin with.

In other updates, the children end school this week and I have plans for them, not just with school work, but also want to involve them in the housework a bit more. S and I are also planning to give them a set of the house keys which will eliminate the need for someone to be at home when they are back from school. Hopefully, this will make them more independent and responsible.

Have a wonderful and productive week folks! I am hoping this is true for me too…

2018 Secondary 3 Week 42 Update

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I mentioned about BB’s relatively bad marks, this week, I reached out to all his teachers to speak to them. In his school, the teachers meet the parents of all students after the mid-year exams, but for the year-end exams, they only meet parents of selected students. I am guessing that he has not reached that stage yet, he is probably in the bottom 15-20% of his class, but not yet bottom enough to stage a parental intervention.

I spoke to a couple of teachers and have an appointment to meet some more next week. The consensus from his teachers seems to be that he needs to change his attitude which I  also agree 100%. Now I will know for sure once I meet his form teachers next week. BB is also going on a trip to a Malaysian state in a couple of weeks for a Humanities learning journey.

As to GG, she did relatively well in her subjects. In the subjects which she is weakest, which are Maths and Science, she did better than we expected, but there is still a lot of scopes to improve, which we will start working on during the holidays.

Have a blessed Sunday!

2018 Week 41 Update

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Last week has been a productive one for me with regards to my job search. Due to the networking event, I attended the previous week resulted in some interest from a couple of organisations. I am meeting one of them later this week and another who wants to see me on a more formal basis is travelling, so that will be moved to the beginning of next month.

I also met another organisation, but am planning not to pursue this further because the job that was told to me in detail during that meeting is not something I would be very comfortable doing. I am meeting them again this week, so let’s see where this takes me.

Navratri is on-going in full speed and every day I am making some offerings to the Goddess. It will end at the end of this week and we can start regular programming, albeit one where we will start planning for the next major festival of Diwali.

I hope you all have a great week ahead!

2018 Secondary 3 Week 41 Update

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Exams are over and its results time. Since BB’s exams ended last week, he started getting his results back this week. He didn’t do well at all with the exception of Maths. In fact he failed in his core sciences also which is totally unacceptable to me. He was upset at the results but this is what he sowed, so he has to reap the fruits of the same, right. I do hope he has a wake-up call and learns his lesson.

GG ended her exams this week and spent a nice long weekend just doing what she likes. Her results will start coming from Monday and while she is enjoying her weekend, she is also worried about going back to school on Monday.

Happy Sunday folks!