I have this boy in my class, and you could say that he is quite cute !!! The only thing that was wrong with him was that, he does not have a smile for me in class . He looks like as if the whole wide world is upon his shoulders . It's true . I try to get him to smile but in vain .
If he wanted anything in class, I would always ask him to smile for me and when he did it , it was a forced kinda smile . I told him the other time that nothing would make me happier than to see him smile . He was always so uptight about something . Then , one day I found out . Each time when he has to attend Mandarin classes, he would tense up . The other thing was he was so afraid for his Mandarin spelling . So I had a talk with his teacher and told her maybe that she could go easy on him . No matter what I said to him , he will just cry .
As the months went by , no doubt , his confidence grew . He still does not smile or talk much. I on the other hand tried to get him out from what ever that is bothering him . It was not easy and it took some time . After being with me for the past 11 months , he has improved , gained confidence and scored 100% for his Mandarin exam . His results for the other subject were pretty good too. Now , with all the syllabus being completed and all , I have encouraged my students to bring a DVD from their house so that they can view it during CD time .
He decided to bring BEN 10 for us to watch and one day he came up to me and told me the whole story . I was amazed , because earlier on , he just refused to say three words to me and now he is standing in front of me and telling me what happen to Ben in the movie . I praised him for the short story telling and he gave me one of the most beautiful smile .
