Last week my second son, D, had his first tests at Junior High School. The week before he spent all of his free time studying. Poor boy was going to school with black rings under his eyes. Unfortually even with all that study his test scores were very low. He just doesn't know the kanji (chinese script that is used for writing here). All rather depressing .
Also both D and C have sports festivals over the next two weeks. D's is this
Sunday and C's the Sunday after. This means hours of practice, running and dancing outside in the heat. And it has been hot, tempretures in the mid 70F, about 27C and humid. I reallt struggle to understand the value of these sports festivals. Most kids complain about all the practice they have to do, they are so tired after. The elementary festival seems more like a chance for the parents to out do each other. The mothers compete to see who has prepared the best "Obento" or lunchbox. We live opposite the school so I don't bother, we just come back and eat here!
My 5 year old daughter lucked out yesterday when one the girls I teach gave her a load of toys. The girl is only 7 but she said that she didn't need these toys as they are for little kids, so what is she?
