This is the first time that my daughter is writing exams in her life. It was her school quarterly exam. Tamil was her first exam. She is particularly good in Tamil. She writes the words so beautifully without making mistakes with the “Las” and “Nas”. She went for the exam. In the evening when we enquired about the exam, we came to know that she was struck in the very first question. She had to write “Ah” to “Ag”. But she forgot “E”. So she spent the whole of next 2 hours thinking about “E” and didn’t write anything and came back home.
When I heard this, I was really disappointed as she is actually very good in Tamil. In-fact her teacher had taken her to the principal only the previous week, for appreciating her good work in Tamil. I told her about the repercussions very mildly. I didn’t scold her or belittle her. I took it very lightly.
She went to write the next exam after 2 days of holiday. She came back home and told me that she wrote two exams. She had gone and asked for the Tamil paper to her class teacher and got the paper and written both the exams within the same 2 hour time period.
I was really surprised and thought may be the teacher had given the paper seeing her blank sheet.
The next day, when I was at office, I got a call from the teacher appreciating my daughter not only for writing her exams well, but also for her courage. The teacher in fact told me that I should have come and asked about the re-exam. She was even more surprised and in-fact sarcastic about my concern for the kids, when she came to know that in fact neither me nor my hubby had even thought about asking for re-exam etc and that it was only my daughter on her own, who had asked for the paper to write up the left-over things. I felt that I got below expectations rating for my role as a mother from the teacher.
I, for the first time really felt ashamed for not performing my mother role well but really feeling very proud for having a great daughter.
When I heard this, I was really disappointed as she is actually very good in Tamil. In-fact her teacher had taken her to the principal only the previous week, for appreciating her good work in Tamil. I told her about the repercussions very mildly. I didn’t scold her or belittle her. I took it very lightly.
She went to write the next exam after 2 days of holiday. She came back home and told me that she wrote two exams. She had gone and asked for the Tamil paper to her class teacher and got the paper and written both the exams within the same 2 hour time period.
I was really surprised and thought may be the teacher had given the paper seeing her blank sheet.
The next day, when I was at office, I got a call from the teacher appreciating my daughter not only for writing her exams well, but also for her courage. The teacher in fact told me that I should have come and asked about the re-exam. She was even more surprised and in-fact sarcastic about my concern for the kids, when she came to know that in fact neither me nor my hubby had even thought about asking for re-exam etc and that it was only my daughter on her own, who had asked for the paper to write up the left-over things. I felt that I got below expectations rating for my role as a mother from the teacher.
I, for the first time really felt ashamed for not performing my mother role well but really feeling very proud for having a great daughter.
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