The family tradition

It has begun. The slippery slope into that eventually results in Chinese tuition, remedials, hating the language (possibly) and ranting about all the wasted hours of one's life sitting there learning 听写, 墨写 (if I even have this right!).

The twins got back their report cards for the first semester yesterday. Most of it was brilliant. "A"s for almost everything. The "B"s they got, we mostly expected, like Jordan's power of observation (because she comes across as dreamy) etc.

Then we got to the Mother Tongue part and there it was, a "B" for comprehending lessons and their one and only "C" in conversation.


























It is expected, what with a father from ACS and a mother who is only slightly better for the sole reason that she used to watch SBC Chinese dramas at 3 pm when the TV stations opened for the day!

Packrat doesn't think we should do anything about it or that there is nothing to do about it at this point. I'm a little bit more anxious but I really don't know what I can do short of speaking to them more in Chinese and reading to them more. Well, this is short of spending a ton of money on Chinese enrichment classes.

I'm thinking the easiest way out. Buying them more Chinese DVDs to watch. If I could pick up Chinese from the television, so can they! Now, can someone recommend something for them to watch? They watch Chinese Dora but there has to be other things out there!

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