Parents Evening
Today we attended our very first “Parents Evening” in school. It’s not some kind of social gathering where parents hobnob with each other as I first thought. It is actually a venue for parents to talk to the teacher one-on-one regarding the child’s progress in school. Each term, parents can choose to make an appointment on one of two consecutive Wednesdays. For this term, Parents Evenings are today, the 7th and on the 14th. We got the 3:30 pm schedule.
Xiane and I got home from school at past 1pm. I gave her a bath and got her dressed. She had lunch and then we waited for her dad to arrive from work. Tian finishes work at 2:30 which gives us ample time to make it to our appointment. We reached school grounds at 3:10 and went straight to the building where Xiane’s classroom is located. Then we waited for our turn. The parent before us came late so we had to wait another 10 minutes before it was our turn. Although, we haven’t really heard bad feedbacks from Xiane’s teachers (except for her occasional talkativeness) we were a bit anxious about what the teacher was about to tell us. I guess it was a natural thing for parents to feel that way.
After exchanging pleasantries with Miss Jean, my daughter’s teacher, she showed us Xiane’s workbooks and exercises. These are exercises that they never get to bring home and which we saw for the first time today. We were glad to see that Xiane has been doing a great job with her exercises in school. But the best part was hearing all the positive and wonderful comments from her teacher which I won’t go into details here. Tian and I were so happy to hear the teacher say that Xianelle is a credit to us. After we left the classroom Tian and I were in high spirits. Having heard all the nice things about your child makes you not only proud parents but the happiest parents too. To our dear Xianelle, we are truly proud of you and we love you very much. You make everything worthwhile!