Hoong Yang: A New Beginning.

First day to school 2012

It may be very easy to classify children into different categories as slow, naughty, aggressive, stubborn, fast, clever, intelligent and so on..., and separate them and brand them for easy identification. Oh dear, what will happen to the child being branded negatively for the rest of his school days and the rest of his life.Very often we have parents telling us how naughty or how slow their children are, but deep down inside they see their children as wonder kids with plenty of promises. They showered new clothes, shoes, bags, books, toys and let their children enjoyed good meals at the children's favourite restaurant, before starting them to school, to show their love and support in their studies. They rushed to daycare centres to look for the best and even worried that there are no more vacancies!
In our centre, it is almost impossible for teachers not to raise our voices or even 'classify' the children temporary in our minds because of their habitual actions. Pushing, shoving, shouting, blaming, snatching and fighting among the children are common. New students tend to bring their negative habits from their old environment into the centre and even pass on to others. Our teachers are always on high alerts to prevent any bodily harm and at the same time ready to shower the children with love, pats and generous hugs. At the same time we project positive messages and mountains of encouragements onto the children. We respect each child as individual genius. Not good in Science and Mathematics does mean he will not succeed in Arts, Music or Languages.We accept each Child wholeheartedly together with all his characteristics.

Join birthday celeb. Yi Sheng and Kean Kean

To avoid separating and eliminating the students, we have to reduce the number of tests and exams and stop branding the children. This may not be to the liking of many parents because there will be no yardstick to judge the children.In actual fact there is no need to judge the children at this tender age. It will be totally mistaken to associate good test results to more intelligent children.What is of utmost important is to care for their mental health by allowing the children to learn at their own pace without affecting their psychological security.