1st grade 2008

Breakfast on the first day of school
all ready to go...

with the cousins...

one extremely nervous boy...

sitting in the class..

hassan serhat happily approaching baddin...

When he discovered that he would be placed in 1C, he was sad... He was in A class in pre school. He thought that he had become less bright n that was the reason he was ...

is in 1C. I couldnt stopped chuckling as i explained to him that all grade one classes are equal. 1A doesnt mean the brightest while 1 c doesnt mean the stupidest.. All students are mixed up equally..bright n less bright all in one class. !A,1B and 1 C r simply names given to the classes.

Yes... he is a first grade student now... starting from 8th september...

He was supposed to attend an orientation for 2 days on the 1st n 2nd september..but his baba decided against it. We had our holiday to enjoy at that time.

But just imagine this... everyday for homework... so far... we r spending 1 hour for him to finish 4 lines n there are10 lines per page!!And from past ezperience, more pages of homework will come no doubt!

It is not a matter of him being unable to write... he can.. brilliantly İF HE WANTS TO... but.. i cant make him sit down n concentrate at all on his homework... to make him write a line..i have to hold myself from screaming too much... coz i notice screaming only makes matters worse... but how can u be patient when u have to spend more than 2 hours a day for homework??

There is a mode in baddin... the serious mode... once i can catch him in that mode... he will sit down n do it properly.. but to get to that mode??? It gets really frustrating most times...He is one very intelligent boy... but he prefers playing with things as well as his imagination rather than finish his homework which can easily be completed within half an hour...

ı am holding myself together somehow... patience is a virtue. May Allah give me strength to get thru this first semester esp in part of writing... i dont forsee him having problem learning to read..he is excellent with numbers... i just need to be patient untill he learns to write...I did it last year..insyaAllah...i can do this again..

Just think.. baddin's class teacherArzu Özkan has to deal with more than 20 students in her class each day...n i have only to deal with one...i should be able to do it....

I pray for Baddin to be able to learn writing fast... to gain his confidence.. and be the kind of a person he was named after...i am not making any pressure for what he wants to be in the future... but yes... the pressure of doing his homework..i think i have to work hard at..

Good luck baddin!! YES... u can do this!

I love you!

My prayers for your success wll always be with you..