Tuesday 29 September 2015

Home Tuition

Bismillahirrohmanirrohim

Well, the first two sessions was good. Last night for Biology class buat revision je on Test Paper 1 for Chapter 3&4. Sebenarnya student Biology sorang ni faham the chapter content but her problem is on understanding the question's requirement.

Aku pun hairan kenapa cikgu macam kat sekolah tak ajar. But that was her previous school lah. Sekarang dia dah pindah ke SMK Putrajaya, I hope we can see some improvements lah.

Ketika mengajar Biology ni, memang terngiang-ngiang lah suara Mr. LHG time dia mengajar aku masa form 4 dan form 5 dulu. Every tips tu aku share dengan student ni. Dengan harapan, berkatlah ilmu yang aku turunkan kat dia. Amiin.

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Mood aku lately dah improve dah. Mungkin sebab dah active kan hantar budak skolah, malam buat tuition lagi. I always have something to look forward to. Memang jarang dah lah nak ada masa for day nap.

Jadi jangan ingat kerja surirumah senang ye. Pagi hantar budak sekolah, balik tu kemas rumah basuh kain, masak, pastu tengok-tengok dah pukul 1 dah nak kene bersiap solat dan pick up kids from school. Lebih kurang lah simulasi raising a child. Untunglah orang yang boleh ada maid dan cikgu-cikgu tuition ni. Bolehlah rehat sebentar sementara kids kat tempat tuition. Yang ada maid pulak, rumah confirmlah sentiada bersih je and kalau nak, maid dah masakkan sekali.

But I do hope that these parents understand, dalam mengejar kecemerlangan dunia, jangan pandang remeh keperluan psikologi anak-anak yang perlukan perhatian.

Kids yang aku babysit ni recently cakap something yang buat sentap lagi. Pagi tu the day after Malaysia Day. Sekolah biasa kan tengah bercuti minggu tu. Tapi diorang sekolah lah kan sebab international school.

Keluar je daripada rumah, dia nampak banyak kereta jiran masih park kat luar rumah. Obviously ramai parents yang ambil peluang untuk bercuti dengan anak-anak. Probably out of town. Abang tanya,

"Auntie, orang lain semua cuti sekolah kan?"
"Haah. (sambil load their bags in the car and strap their safety belt)"
"Auntie, mama papa diorang pun cuti jugak ke? Banyak je kereta kat luar ni,"
"Haah. Ye kot. Usually they're off to work already kan at this time?"
"Hmm. Auntie, kan best kalau mama papa kerja petang je from 1-3pm. So that boleh hantar dan pick us up and spend time with us,"
"Yes. That would be lovely. But they have to go to work kan, baru ada duit nak save to go for holidays and celebrate birthday parties?"
"Ya, I guess so,"

Lepas tu aku terus tukar topik. Hopefully one day they can really understand lah why things are the way they are now.

Bila bercerita dengan jiran-jiran kat sini, anak-anak mereka semuanya cemerlang. Lepas balik sekolah, hantar sekolah agama. Ni ok lagi. But some tu hantar swimming training lah, music classes lah. Kadang-kadang aku fikir, bila lah bebudak ni ada masa just being kids?

Apa yang diorang tahu, life is always a rush. You have to be really good to make it in life. You have to have money to be happy.

We try our might to prepare them for life, but sometimes we tend to forget that they are just kids.

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Jerebu lagi. Tekak pun dah ada kahak balik. Malam pulak bernyamuk walaupun tingkap dah tutup awal dan dah spray ubat nyamuk.

Mudahan sentiasa diberikan kesihatan yang baik.

I need to be strong.

"It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final," - Roger Babson.

Berserah kepada Allah, you are never alone.

xoxo

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