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2018 Secondary 3 Week 16 Update

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Tis the season for mid-year exams, la…la…la

GG’s school starts their mid-year exams at the end of this week and BB’s school starts next week. Both their exams end on the same day and they have a longish weekend for paper marking and then it will be results time!

I have been behind BB a lot these days because he has become very lax with regard to his school work. As I write this post, both are busy doing timed papers. I really hope he does enough to do decently in his exams. I’ve given him multiple pep talks and am so frustrated that all my talks seem to go in from one year and get out from the other year without spending time in his brain.

GG, on the other hand, is more focused on her work. She knows what subjects she is weak in and spends more time on those.

Ok, got to go and check on them. Hope you have been having a fantastic Sunday so far!

2018 Week 15 Update

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How was your last week?

I have been angry, outraged and ashamed last week. By now, the whole world has probably heard of the multiple rapes in India. I was actually ashamed to call myself an Indian this week. I don’t want to pen down the atrocities and the unspeakable horror the little girl underwent before she was killed, you just need to do a simple Google search to read all about it.

What’s worse is that the judiciary, who is supposed to uphold the law in the country is also in cahoots with the perpetrators and when the parents of that girl went to lodge a police report, they shrugged them off saying that she must have run off (eloped) with a boy! Can we take a minute to digest this? A police officer saying that an eight-year-old eloped with a boy! Do they even know what love is at this age? Does an eight-year-old know how to elope with a boy at that age? This seriously boggles the mind, doesn’t it!

The government of the day is busy fasting for some issue and the prime minister, who tweets birthday wishes to celebrities took more than a few days to issue a press release about this situation, especially since the perpetrators seem to be from his own political party.

At this point in time, I am so glad that I don’t live in India anymore and live in a country where women (and girls and children) can move around freely without the fear of violation. I also have a daughter and when I start to think of her in this situation, my blood literally runs cold!

I really hope and pray that justice is served to both the little girl and the other victims and there are strict laws put in place. Please do send a little prayer, irrespective of your race and religion, so that the little girl’s soul gets some peace in the afterlife.

2018 Secondary 3 Week 15 Update

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Another week and we are inching closer to the mid-year exams. GG has started to become stressed over the exams because this is the first major exam she will be giving after moving to the upper stream.

BB, on the other hand, seems as blase as he usually is. Sometimes (actually most times), I worry about this boy. When I ask him what he wants to do in life, beyond saying he wants to become an aeronautical engineer, he does not know.

Other than that, nothing much happened in school.

Have a great Sunday folks!

 

2018 Week 14 Update

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Another week and this was a mixed bag of a week for me.

I have been super productive in finishing some chores which have been pending since the start of the year. I am almost done with the organisation of some documents and will start with something else later this week.

We’ve all been sick, starting with GG, then BB and me together. GG seems to have recovered, but BB and I are still not 100% fine.

That’s about it for me this week. I am also psyching myself to get myself to agree to a decision for which my self-imposed deadline will come in a couple of months and I really need to psych myself for it.

Have a lovely week folks!

2018 Secondary 3 Week 14 Update

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This was the week when both have gotten the mid-year exams timetable and I have been, as usual, nagging them on starting to do up a timetable to plan their studies.

This week was also the Student Leader Investiture Ceremony in GG’s school where not only was she the main emcee for the event, but she also got the appointment letter appointing her as Vice President of her CCA! But the flip side of this honour is that she has become busier and I don’t want this to affect her studies and focus in any way. So  I guess, I have to be there for her, and guide her on good work-life balance and start these lessons young.

Other than that, this was the usual school week.