KUMON ORIENTATION WITH KIT

Today, Keith and I had an orientation for Kumon… Last week kasi I saw a tarpaulin announcing the opening of a Kumon center near our residence and I got excited because I have long wanted to enroll him in a Kumon class in order to improve his skills in Math and in English. But I was sorry to hear that the Kumon center that they put up near us did not have an English tutor yet so I just have to make do with Math lessons for him na lang…it’s better than nothing. At least, I can take care of his English tutorial pa naman, it’s the Math that I really hate!




I first learned about Kumon while browsing the internet and saw how it not only teaches math techniques to the students but also instills discipline and proper learning methods. And I guess this is what Kit lacks…he doesn’t have the motivation to learn his lessons well. If I don’t ask about his assignments, he won’t do anything at all. So even if I knew these Kumon lessons would make a serious dent in our monthly budget, I went ahead and enrolled him coz I knew it would do him good in the long run, especially when he proceeds to high school and even college.

Why did I choose Kumon? Well, because I like the way the students are not lumped together in a class but rather they are taught individually by their tutor, at their own pace. They are not in competition with anyone but themselves. The program starts with as assessment test so that the Kumon tutor can determine at what level Keith can start. Then he can move up to the next level when the tutor deems he has already mastered the concepts and has passed another test.

I just hope my son, Keith, would be able to learn much from this program that we have embarked on…I feel he is willing to go undergo through it naman since he volunteered to go to the center for three days after his classes at VMS. I just hope too that he would find the motivation to finish the program until the end…or that I would be able to sustain the budget for him to continue his classes…

JUSTIN’S BIRTHDAY

Today, we celebrated the birthday of one of our favorite pamangkins…favorite because he lived with us when he was barely a year old and grew up with us because his parents were busy with their jobs as vendors in Divisoria and so he fell under the care of his lola who was then staying with us. He was our dear little baby for more than a year and his parents only come once or twice in a month to visit him and bring him milk and diapers. Those other moments when they could not provide for his needs, we more than willingly gave him. And so it is not a surprise that we would hold this birthday party for him…anyway, it’s nothing really spectacular – just some spaghetti and menudo (that Ditse cooked), lechon manok and a cake (that we bought), of course!

DEVCOMNET MEETING AT PNP

Today, an officemate and I attended another Devcomnet meeting held at PNP and of course, I was more than willing to attend because it would allow me to visit old friends and see my old haunts once again at the PNP. The meeting itself was held at the PNP conference room at the third floor – I saw it has been improved considerably and they had many LCD screens now placed all over the conference room. I had hoped to meet some of my old PIO friends but only a few of them went up to cover the event. But I guess I should be just glad to meet my old bosses here… both former PIOs and now DPCR Director and PCRG Director (Gen. Bataoil and Gen. Bartolome) so I had pics taken with them…who knows this may be the last pic I would have with them before they both retire so might as well… thanks so much sirs for enriching my experience with the PNP and making my stay there memorable and insightful.