Apart from Ash there were two other boys and they didnt look exactly normal to me. One was the big burly boy V spoke about yesterday - he was not crying today but just vacantly looking into space. The other boy seemed a bit odd too from his facial expression, and wasnt looking at anyone in particular.
Ash, for a change, quietly sat on a lil chair.
The second boy stiffly walked up to him after a while, and the 'miss' said: Say hello to Ashwin.
And he bellowed: Hullo!
He was made to go back to his seat.
The Anglo-Indian head teacher, who looked like an average elderly Tamilian woman on the streets in a shiny green sari, said: Wow! Isnt Ashwin hyperactive? He doesnt stay still for a moment. Anyway we take special care as he is the smallest of the lot.
The dark, burly boy, who I later learnt was 6 years old, ended his reverie and decided to accost Ash. The assistant teacher commanded him to go back to his seat, and he went off.
What's wrong with him, I asked.
'He is a bit hyperactive.'
He didnt look hyperactive to me.
Another boy was carried in by his father. He didnt seem to be able put his feet on the ground properly.
Well, altogether it seemed like a gathering of children with special needs. V said he did see a sweet normal lil girl yesterday. So I guess there are a few normal kids too.
We are now wondering whether to pull him out of the school - Ash is the kind who will go poke the burly boy on his tummy and invite trouble upon himself. I called up the Principal of Faith and she said they havent yet closed admissions for LKG.
The fee paid at BB will go down the drain though.
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Hi, one way maybe Ash will learn that the world around him is not perfect and that there are children who need attention more than him and also help..
one way we may worry that he may think the world around him is only like the special needs..
a mixed school is good.. here public school has people with spl needs in them.and 1 day they all have their hands legs tied put on wheel chairs and asked to try out how the spl kids go through!
ask ASh what he wants.good luck. ust.
Its good to be in a place where you are accepted for who you are,Can learn a lot, are loved and able to respect & appreciate all others. Good Luck
Is that for or against?
I would say a place w/a good mix of children w/ a loving teacher patient would be better
Welcome to the world of school woes. Glad to hear that Ash joined LKG, and now u can start all over again ....Don't fret too much , take it easy, even if Ash does not start to write philosophical essays. Allow him to be a child and enjoy his childhood...soon you will also start to do ur KG lessons...
at this young an age it may be difficult for him to understand the differences....and kids being kids pick up the strangest things....so even if you loose money i say put him in another school....if he were seven or eight i would have said leave him where he is....and he would turn out the better for it.
Bino, I am looking forward to learning all over again, when my kids start on books. I feel I didnt aply myself and learn when I was in school - all that mugging up that characterise education in Kerala. In fact, it was when I put in a CBSE expat school in Daressalaam that I first started studying for the pleasure of studying - even my bete noire Physics!
Need to learn again from the adult perspective than just the exam point of view.
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