The director of Dany's school actually rang me up yesterday to clarify on my complaint of which I emailed them a couple days ago.
After telling him my concerns and also listening to some unnecessary preaching about how they teach their students origami.. I finally told him, look- bottomline is whatever excuse or reason you have for depriving my son from his trophy like the rest of the children, it is just unacceptable. A kindergarten should at least allow them to experience the prize giving ceremony, perhaps a small token of something, merely because no 1: these are small kids, how do you rationalise with them?
no 2: the feeling of being left out is something even adults have problem dealing with, so how can you expect a kid to cope with it?
no 3: Whatever activities in school, it should promote learning and fun. And when you reprimand, you take away the fun.
How can you isolate a three year old just because he got cold feet from performing?!And to do it twice even after I complained the first time is just proving that the school has no intention to change.
Anyways- I complained months after the incident. I have even taken him out from the school, but I'm glad I sat down and wrote that email. Hopefully I can now shake off those images of Dany folding a piece of paper and put it in front of him because the rest of the children have trophies.
After telling him my concerns and also listening to some unnecessary preaching about how they teach their students origami.. I finally told him, look- bottomline is whatever excuse or reason you have for depriving my son from his trophy like the rest of the children, it is just unacceptable. A kindergarten should at least allow them to experience the prize giving ceremony, perhaps a small token of something, merely because no 1: these are small kids, how do you rationalise with them?
no 2: the feeling of being left out is something even adults have problem dealing with, so how can you expect a kid to cope with it?
no 3: Whatever activities in school, it should promote learning and fun. And when you reprimand, you take away the fun.
How can you isolate a three year old just because he got cold feet from performing?!And to do it twice even after I complained the first time is just proving that the school has no intention to change.
Anyways- I complained months after the incident. I have even taken him out from the school, but I'm glad I sat down and wrote that email. Hopefully I can now shake off those images of Dany folding a piece of paper and put it in front of him because the rest of the children have trophies.
So where should I send him now after this H1N1 epidemic is over?
*Silent prayers for the victims. Hopefully it will soon be over.
