When I was in school I used to dream about the day when my education process would end and I would start earning. To be very honest I have never been very sincere about studies and in a way not really liked them. It was like a compulsion to study. The day I received my MBA degree and the day I got my job I promised myself that this is the end of my arranged marriage with studies and I had thankfully managed to keep my distance with anything related to studies till few months.
But things have changed now, with Brat in 3rd Class the studies are slowly increasing, home-works have started coming in and so have the questions.
I guess it is the time to confess few things about me
- I hate Mathematics.
- I hate learning new Languages
- I have never studied Grammar in the strictest sense. I can write perfect sentences but I go with my gut feeling. But if you ask me what is adjective, noun, pronoun, verb etc. then I would say you are knocking at the wrong door mister.
- I was one of those students who are attentive in class but never really studied at home and hate revision.
- My Spoken Hindi is impeccable but my written Hindi is legendary. My family still laughs at what I once wrote in class 6th Hindi paper. To put this in perspective, I write hindi in english!!
With that confession in place I hope you can understand how I feel when I am bombarded with questions on General Knowledge, Mathematics, Grammar, Hindi, Marathi etc. To add to the mix brat's school is one of those Alternative Schools who follow unconventional methods of teaching. For someone who had difficulty in learning Maths through conventional methods it is like Sone pe suhaga!!!
So, when we sit down to study Hindi, Marathi & Mathematics it is difficult to understand who is learning more, me or my son. The beauty is when I get to hear, Mumma you don't know this?? Did they not teach you all this in school???? *face palm*
Last week my brat opened his Marathi home-work book & showed me his last home work.
Brat: Mumma! remember this home work that WE did last week?
Me: Yes!
Brat: See how many mistakes Ma'am has found.
Me: Oh!!!
Brat: Ma'am had asked me to show this to you.
Me: Oh!
Brat: With a shrug She thought you will scold me but she doesn't know it was you had helped me in this homework.
Me: Errr!! you should have told her.
Brat: I thought kya bataoon!!!
We have now instructed my son to pay more attention in Marathi class as his parents are useless and we expected him to teach what he learns.
You might call me shameless or incorrigible but trust me home-works are nightmares. I hate studying and I hate teaching.
God Bless me and all the mothers around!!!!
