Two days ago, I checked my son’s assignment notebook. There was a note there about books being sold at discounted prices. It said there- optional. A list was provided. I did not pay too much attention on it because my kid has many books already. However, he had been mentioning it to us that the teacher advised them to bring money if they would like to buy. Yesterday, he went to school and we totally forgot to ask him if he wanted to buy. When I got home, my husband told me that my son was crying at school because he was the only one who was not given a new book. He told his dad, “I told you that teacher said to bring some money to pay for the books!” He was eying a Pokemon coloring book. My heart broke. I did not realize that he might feel left behind or inferior. It might develop a sense of envy or jealousness also. It is like all the others were given a donut (his favorite snack) except for him. Today, I am going to his school and will ask his teacher if the books are still available. If not, I owe my son to bring him to a book store, instead.
September 4th, 2008
Categories: education, mom and child talk, parenting
That’s what I hate about teachers selling something. They are forcing parents to buy kasi nga naman, the kid will feel deprived if they don’t buy. In your case, okay naman kasi books. But there are other schools na kung anu-ano na lang ang binebenta. What if the parents cannot afford that little something? They’ll feel guilty pa tuloy for not shelling out for their kid. May ganyan akong mga classmates dati. Buti nga in your case, you have the money, you just forgot to give your kid some. Don’t worry, bring him to National Bookstore, ang dami dun baka mas maganda pa sa ina-eye niyang Pokemon book
Any child will fel left out also except he is not old enough to understand.But you can as well take him to a bookshop and get him a really nice colourful and educative book to compensate.
But you may need to talk to the teacher about such things, i don’t think it’s right especially for a small child who may not understand why he is the only one left out of buying a new book.