The Parent Trap

The June holidays seemed to have just whizzed by so suddenly ... As Quick as Lightning ... and school term begins... sigh... no more lazy mornings tossing and turning in bed and no more late breakfasts. Rabbitprincess returns to Term 3 starting with a new Form Teacher, Ms Charmaine Goh as her most beloved ex-Form teacher enters NIE for teacher training in her Diploma in General Education. Initially, she lamented about the change in teachers but since Ms Goh started 'bribing' them with fancy stickers and all, she's become more 'resigned to her fate'. ***Small little neat trick I must admit.*** And it works well with 6 year olds. In addition, she also has a new bunch of group mates now as she learns to interact and socialise with different personalities in the group of "Integrity".

On my part, the ever-conscious parent, I have also become one of those 'kiasu' parents who will say things like "So girl, where's the new spelling list? How come the Chinese ting xie (spelling in Chinese) list is not out yet? Will there be enough time to revise? Now do you bring textbook B instead of A? What about the maths workbook? Has the teacher finished every page?" bombarding my poor rabbit with a whole list of questions she hardly has the answers for, giving me that "But mummy, I just went back to school today!" helpless facial expression.

In conclusion, it's tough not to be 'kiasu' as a parent - the rat race is very real, too real to ignore. Reality bites! ***Ouch!***