It's official, our little girl is now a 'tadika' ( kindergarten) student.
She has always been very excited for this event. We thought she was prepared physically and emotionally until we woke her up yesteday morning. She refused to budge when it was time for her to get up. And when she opened her eyes we were surprised by what she said. " I don't want to go to school!" she whined and at the verge of crying. We got shocked and was unprepared for this scenario. We tried to persuade all the more and forcefully let her get up and take her bath. She then continued with her 'drama' and started to make fuss and asked if her Appa can stay with her in the classroom. I think she had 'cold feet' . She came into full realization that she's going to experience new things ( new school, new classmates and etc) and she got afraid.
We continued to convince her on why she must go to school and asked her to give it a try. She was still so firm with her decision on not to go to school. I almost gave up and thought about the kindness of the school and the principal of letting her study for free. What should we tell the principal then? It was a good thing that my Hubby promised her that he would wait outside the school until her class is over and not to leave her behind. And she reluctantly agreed and went their way.
On the way to the school I just said a prayer for my Li'l girl that she would be okay. And true enough, 3 hours later when she got home, her face was full of joy and excitement, " I did it, Amma! I went to school!". From the looks of it, she has survived her first day of school with victory and I'm relieved. THe next few hours was spent with her babbling about the things they did in her class, her newfound classmates with funny sounding names (they must be Chinese and Malay names but she couldn't properly so, it turns out all mixed up when she says them) and all the things that happened before, during and after school.
THank you, Lord that she found it quite easy to adjust in a new situation. Thank God for the school too, who accepted her as a new student even if its already at the middle of the year and letting her study for free. Everything we are experiencing right now is really just a product of God's amazing grace.
She has always been very excited for this event. We thought she was prepared physically and emotionally until we woke her up yesteday morning. She refused to budge when it was time for her to get up. And when she opened her eyes we were surprised by what she said. " I don't want to go to school!" she whined and at the verge of crying. We got shocked and was unprepared for this scenario. We tried to persuade all the more and forcefully let her get up and take her bath. She then continued with her 'drama' and started to make fuss and asked if her Appa can stay with her in the classroom. I think she had 'cold feet' . She came into full realization that she's going to experience new things ( new school, new classmates and etc) and she got afraid.
We continued to convince her on why she must go to school and asked her to give it a try. She was still so firm with her decision on not to go to school. I almost gave up and thought about the kindness of the school and the principal of letting her study for free. What should we tell the principal then? It was a good thing that my Hubby promised her that he would wait outside the school until her class is over and not to leave her behind. And she reluctantly agreed and went their way.
On the way to the school I just said a prayer for my Li'l girl that she would be okay. And true enough, 3 hours later when she got home, her face was full of joy and excitement, " I did it, Amma! I went to school!". From the looks of it, she has survived her first day of school with victory and I'm relieved. THe next few hours was spent with her babbling about the things they did in her class, her newfound classmates with funny sounding names (they must be Chinese and Malay names but she couldn't properly so, it turns out all mixed up when she says them) and all the things that happened before, during and after school.
THank you, Lord that she found it quite easy to adjust in a new situation. Thank God for the school too, who accepted her as a new student even if its already at the middle of the year and letting her study for free. Everything we are experiencing right now is really just a product of God's amazing grace.
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