It has been weeks now since Jakjak started school. We have been doing our best to talk to his teachers when we can (this usually means picking him up from school on Fridays). Feedback from his homeroom teacher seems to be good. She said he was improving on a daily basis and he is not as shy as he was the first few days. She said that he now has a good friend in his partner (a young lady which he keeps forgetting the name of, and which I don't know how to spell).
The problem is with his Chinese language class. From writing to speaking, Jakjak does not seem to show any interest at all. In fact, it is probably his least liked subject. We still encourage him as best that we can. Although we really can't help much, us being non-Mandarin speaking folks as well. We're looking for options, but at the moment, it seems that he must bear with it for a little while.
When we talk to Jakjak regarding school, he is not really enthusiastic. He keeps saying he is bored. It's possible, considering the things that he is interested in learning. I mean, they don't teach you about engineering and architecture in K2 like what he watches in National Geographic and Discovery Channel. He also still has quite a bit of separation anxiety (okay, quite a lot) which explains why he keeps crying every single time his bus service picks him up from our block.
But it's important that he learns the basics of going to school and dealing with teachers and classmates. So we support him, we encourage him and we try to motivate him. We hope that it is just that stage in one's schooling life that is keeping him from being at ease in going to school. We are now in observation mode, hoping that things turn out well for the three of us.
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