Please do not ask me about your child's score or grade. Do not ask me if he is better than this one or that one. Do not ask me what do you think about his/her grade....... !!! That doesn't matter. I will not give you any quantitative data, I can give you some qualitative data. What matters is how he/she feels about himself/herself or his/her work.
I have spent my life thinking about what my teacher feels about me....what my peers think about me.... what will this person say about me, what will that person say about me. It doesn't matter....all that matters is how I feel about myself. What I want to achieve in my life. How am I managing myself is all that matters.........my happiness matters!
I want my children to be self-driven and self-motivated. What I think they should do may not work for them always. Let them figure out things. Let them work on their self-management. Let them make mistakes, let them think, explore, learn, investigate, analyze. Give them diverse choices to LEARN!!! Let them ask questions, make decisions, solve problems, find solutions.
As a parent when I go for a parent-teacher conference I ask my daughter's teacher...What makes her happy in school? Is she kind and helpful to others? Does she come to you with problems or solves her own problems? Finally, I feel this is what really matters.
-A passionate teacher
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