Monday, November 10, 2008

Crash Tests And Entrance Tests

Today a group of my wonderful students attended an entrance test in one of the primary school nearby . I found out today that twelve of them went . So casually i asked most of them if they could do the test . One girl proudly said ' senang kacang teacher !' Another girl said that what ever that I had taught her was in the test and she said that she had a hundred percent . I remember when each of them first came to class , some were unable to say their ABC 's let alone count from one to ten and today this children of mine , with confidenced in their hearts , when full steam ahead to sit for the test .
Yes , I am very proud of all of them and one particular girl that I noticed when she first walked into my class was FA . Well , FA speaks only Bahasa and this is her first time in an English speaking kindergarten. Her first long sentence to me was 'Cikgu , saya tak tahu apa- apa , English pun saya tak tahu dan cikgu jangan tanya saya apa - apa '. Having said that she sat in a corner and sulked the whole day . Today , yup as I write this , I can proudly tell you that FA has gone through a major transformation . She now speaks English in class , Reads fluently in English and Bahasa , writes simple stories and she is an artist in her own right . I am so proud not only of her but of all of the others as well , who tried tirelessly not only to please me or to be my favourites but to show the whole wide world that they can do it and they did it !