After discussion with teacher.

Went to see didi's teacher the next morning when I sent him to school. Not to confront her, but after giving a night's thought, I decided it's not such a bad idea to check with her if there's anything I missed out, just in case.

With a thumping heart, I walked over to her desk but before I could say anything, she blurted out "your son!" the moment she saw me. Heiz...

Anyway, conclusion from the meeting, I felt sorry for her too. She told me it's just recently he had been daydreaming a lot in class and not keeping his stuffs, which are all over the floor. He had made some improvement before and now back to square 1. I believe he must have tested her patience hell lots, and she couldn't stand that kind of attitude anymore, hence the outburst that day on him. It must have been rather ugly.

I came back feeling both relieved and sad at the same time. Relieved because well, he had told me the truth and nothing too big a problem to settle, at least it didn't involve any fighting with the rest of the students. Sad because well, after all the effort, why back to square 1?

Brainstormed and gave it a long thought. I suppose there are few things I could try.

1. He could be a daydreamer because he's thinking of a big invention plan and getting really rich, then buying a big bungalow and hiring a driver for me to bring me to ElVee shop. Wait! That's me daydreaming. Sorry for the diversion. I believe it's the lack of sleep he's getting, really. What else do you expect from a 7yo who gets only, lemme count....8 hours of sleep everyday, right?

2. His messiness... I think I could be the main culprit here, for I had been cleaning up after them for far too long now. Cleaning up their beds, picking up the dirty clothes, clearing their food on the table and floor, tidying up their books on the table... Being too nice is not such a good thing after all, is it? Well, not that I do not want to train them but sometimes I do feel sien nagging them to do this do that everyday and in the end, I still need to do the dirty work and it takes up even longer time. So I suppose it's just faster and easier to do everything by myself. And ended up they really taking things for granted.

So heck, yeah, from now on, I taught them, for a start, to clear up their own place where they were seated for meals, wipe the table, clear the mess to their plate, pick up rice from the floor and put it in the sink! About time. Long overdue, in fact. So far been so good. Hope this habit gonna stay.

These 2 days, didi came home feeling very much better. The teacher even told him he improved a lot these 2 days (according to him). I am very pleased with his mega achievement, so I rewarded him with chocolate, making origami twist box with him, reading story books and savoring potato wedges with cheese in KFC together. Life is good!