I really like this dress I ordered from Seek the Uniq.
Dress: SEEK THE UNIQ; Shoes: KEDS; Sunglasses: BOUGHT IN TOKYO
It’s a no brainer outfit. It’s effortless and comfortable. And admit it mga bakla, it’s forgiving to the figure. Tago ang tummy and love handles =) That is the main reason why I love tunics. I can be not conscious in tucking in my tummy all the time. Hehe.
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Anyway, I have kwento.
I had a dinner meeting at work last night. I called Alvin to tell him that Anika has three short quizzes the next day. Siya na muna ang magreview sa bata.
Oo, three. Wala bang law against giving 6 year olds more than 2 quizzes a day?! Tragis. Kawawa these kids. Giving quizzes, walang problema but giving a lot in a day? Hindi ba ma-burn-out ang mga batang ito?
I shall dwell about that in a while.
Anyway, I told Alvin to make sure Anika studies. Apart from the three quizzes, there were readings also that she had to do that night.
Alvin told me that Anika was sleeping. I checked my watch and it read 530pm.
According to Anika’s yaya and according to Alvin, Anika slept in the school bus on their way home. When she got home, dumapa dun sa ottoman in the living room and fell asleep. Alvin saw her. He woke her up and told her to transfer in the sofa. Anika transferred to the sofa and continued sleeping. Alvin told me that she will let Anika sleep lang muna until 6:30pm. Baka daw pagod. Around 7:30pm, I learned that Anika was still sleeping. Alvin and I were texting while I was in the dinner meeting. Wala naman daw sakit. Ayaw lang talaga gumising so he transferred Anika to our bed. I told Alvin na to let Anika sleep na lang. I said matalino naman yung anak namin. Kaya na niya yan tom without studying. Inisip ko kasi, ako nga pumapasa before kahit hindi nag-aaral eh. Maybe Anika will pass her short quizzes kahit hindi siya mag-aral just this once.
I went home around past 930pm. I saw Anika sleeping still in her inner sando and school skirt. Alvin saw na tumaas kilay ko kasi heller, hindi man lang binihisan ng pang bahay, di ba? He immediately said that ayaw daw ni Anika magpagalaw so they didn’t change her clothes. She was sleeping soundly. Alvin left the room while I stared at Anika.
I poked her.
Hindi gumalaw.
I poked her again.
Hindi gumalaw.
Kinabahan ako.
Niyugyog ko nga.
Ayun gumalaw. She grumbled in her sleep and faced away from me.
Whew.
Natakot ako.
Hahahaha!
Alvin went back to the room. We stared at Anika.
Alvin said naaawa siya kay Anika. This is the first time this has happened. She looked so exhausted. She wasn’t even able to eat dinner kasi she just wanted to sleep daw.
Is this still part of the adjustment phase of being in Grade School or exage talaga ang school work nila?
Balik tayo dun sa school work.
I’m discussing this now with you because I am comparing how she was in Senior Kinder last year versus in Grade 1 now. I observed that this year’s a lot more toxic compared to last year.
First, they are in school the whole day. Last year, Anika leaves the house at 10am and she’s already home by 4pm.
Second, I noticed that they copy a lot of things everyday. I was told that as soon as she arrives in school in the morning, they copy na agad what’s written in the Diary section of the board. I was also told that sa sobrang dami nilang sinusulat, some of the kids do not finish on time and have to stay in the classroom longer (to finish copying) than those who finished copying earlier.
Third, ang dami nilang homeworks and readings!!! It’s like double or triple the number of their daily homeworks last year!
With the time Anika arrives from school plus her state na pagod na, we can’t do our study habits last year. Last year kasi, keribelles pa to study what they did that day AND do advance readings. Ngayon, wala na. We just do what it says in the diary. Yan na lang ang kaya.
My questions are:
One, is this normal for all traditional schools nowadays? I studied in the school where Anika is studying now. I don’t remember doing so many things. Which leads me to my question number two:
Am I just like this because Nanay ako? OA lang ako? Or overprotective kay Anika? Normal lang talaga what’s happening now to Anika kasi ganyan din naman tayo dati when we were studying?
You’re thoughts mommies? Are we in a similar situation?