A taste of motherhood..

...or something like it lah.

Today, I wanted to blog about my 'adopted daughters'.
*hee*

I have one girl student who is quite bright in her study.
She is very inquisitive and is not shy to ask about things.
Even if the questions asked are things that have been repeatedly told.
Her parents have been divorced for years and the mother got re-married.
She stays with her aging grandparents.

Every time she was stuck with problems while doing her homework, she will contact me via SMS.
Asking how to do this, how to do that.
I'm not so bothered with the SMSes but more on the part where I couldn't help her much.
How can you explain Mathematics problem via the SMS?
Even talking over the phone will not be much of a help.
Not forgetting, costly.
So, it's either she ended up frustrated (for not getting the answer) or me (for not be able to help much in explaining).

Early May, while at school, checking on my students' work books, I came across her work book.
She has showed quite an impressive improvement since the first year I taught her class.
She isn't yet in the A list category but somehow, deep inside my heart, I feel something special about her.
Something sparkle but is yet to be polished.
"How can I help her?" I remember asking myself at that very moment.

Bring her back. Bring her back.
That phrase repeatedly whispered in my ear.
But I hesitated.
I wasn't sure if that's a great idea.

I talked to her about the idea nonetheless.
She agreed to it.
But I told her, I wasn't going to decide on anything until I meet her grandparents or even better, her mother (which by the way was my high school friend).

To cut the long story short, after the school re-opens early June, I met her grandmother and expressed out my intention. She agreed since she and her husband could not help much in her grand daughter's studies if she needs guidance at home.

I promised her (the grand mother) two things.
Only 2 months stay at my place.
And good UPSR result.
I didn't promise for the stars cos I know my limitation and my student's limitation.

So now...I am currently a teacher and a mother to two girls.
I thought you mentioned just one student Chegu?
Well, I have to get a friend to accompany her.
Sort of like peer motivation for her to have someone to study together while at the same time get guidance from me self.
The other girl, is also a student from the other Year 6 class.
And her parents, too, have no objection to have their daughter staying with me for two months.
I promised them the same thing.

My daily routine has some how changed to accommodate with their presence at home.
Normally, I don't get up early to prepare breakfast cos I always have my breakfast at school.
But with the girls at home, I can't let them off to school with empty stomach, right?
And when I get back home around 2-3pm, I have to rush to the kitchen to get lunch ready.
That again, is not what I normally did before.
Ditto to dinner preparation.
My time from 6-9pm is filled up with study session with the girls.

I am adapting to this new role.
Hope to be able to deliver something good out of all this.
Not just in term of their academic achievement but their overall behavior as well.

Now, wish me all the best! *hee*