Life for a New Transfer Student

2nd week - 6-10 Jan 2014

Unlike my 13-year old son who had a better managed school, my 10-year old Standard 4 kid was not so lucky. 

This was mainly because of language problem. He could not find friends who spoke English like he did in his new class. The teachers too, everyone of them except the English teacher, spoke Bahasa Melayu. He said the BM the teachers spoke at times did not even sound like the normal BM one studies in the books. I guess some teachers use their local dialects version of BM. Poor boy. 

As miserable as he was, his luck changed on his 5th day of school. A teacher announced one morning that he was being transferred to the first class and just like that he went. Here, many of his classmates speak English and most are prefects.

I think he will soon learn to adapt better here. I immediately noticed the increase in his homework. This kid of mine is one that disciplines himself, he does not need reminders from anyone, he does his work on time and is particular about punctuality. He is the ideal prefect candidate, let's see if the teachers' notice this of him. 

On the downside, the class teacher has yet to give him his new time-table. He requested from his friends but most keep it at home. I suggested he get his friends' phone numbers so that I can call their parents' and check but they refused to share the tele numbers. So he ended up carrying a heavy load each day. 

The other nuisance is the purchase of T-shirts and tracks for students. The procedure is for parents to place the order with the office and the office handing them to the student. It's been more than a week since I placed the order and my kid has yet to receive the sports attire. Everytime there is PE, he gets stressed because the teacher smacks his back for not wearing his proper attire. If only teachers respect and take time to listen to the kids......My husband went to the office to personally collect but they said the same thing that they will hand over to my boy. Totally frustrating.

Well. overall I guess we are thankful that they recognised him enough to change his class, so we will patiently wait and see..

The school is still in chaos, less parents but still unruly. Somewhere some discipline has been lost.