Boost Camp
Throughout the summer, we throw Sienna into a Mandarin immersion camp so that she can get a boost in her reading and writing of the language. At least two hours reading and writing in the morning. You can say it's a boot camp of some sort, compared with other fun-filled camps out there. I'd say, sure, Chinese is a hard language. That's the way to learn.
It's interesting to see how much language and culture come hand in hand. The kids read the text out loud collectively in the class. The teacher encourages the students to compete with each other. Whoever does the best job will be hailed as the “hero", as I once overhead leaving the classroom.
A Canadian teacher avoids giving you even the slightest negative opinions about your child unless there is an issue. From what I heard, Sienna is perfect in every way. The Chinese teacher, on the other hand, tries to tell you both positive and negative feedbacks, a way to show that she cares and observes. So what's the room for improvement? According to the teacher, Sienna’s sense of beauty (or vanity) is beyond her age.
“She plays with her hair looking at a mirror.”
“Mirror? She brings in a mirror in the classroom?”
“No mirror. She pretends there is one.”
She cares too much about how she looks. I guess you cannot make someone care less about something. You probably can show someone there are a lot more other things that she might care to get into. A boot camp or a boost camp is meant to do the job.
It's interesting to see how much language and culture come hand in hand. The kids read the text out loud collectively in the class. The teacher encourages the students to compete with each other. Whoever does the best job will be hailed as the “hero", as I once overhead leaving the classroom.
A Canadian teacher avoids giving you even the slightest negative opinions about your child unless there is an issue. From what I heard, Sienna is perfect in every way. The Chinese teacher, on the other hand, tries to tell you both positive and negative feedbacks, a way to show that she cares and observes. So what's the room for improvement? According to the teacher, Sienna’s sense of beauty (or vanity) is beyond her age.
“She plays with her hair looking at a mirror.”
“Mirror? She brings in a mirror in the classroom?”
“No mirror. She pretends there is one.”
She cares too much about how she looks. I guess you cannot make someone care less about something. You probably can show someone there are a lot more other things that she might care to get into. A boot camp or a boost camp is meant to do the job.
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