10-Finger Skill

We had a parent/teacher meeting yesterday in Grade 5 and there was an advertisement for online course of 190€ for 10 finger typing that is useful in her Technik/Computer subject. 😱 Luckily for my girl, we had a typing class when I was in high school in the Philippines. I know the basics and the…

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Hello Gymnasium

School in Sachsen is finally open again last Monday and the first week was a success. I have to dig some fotos of my girl at 3, 6 and now 10, each commemorating an event of first day in Kindergarten, Grundschule and now Gymnasium. Girl at Klasse 5 now has Biology. If I remember correctly,…

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Awards…  nichts, zilch

Student of the Year award Attendance Award Enthusiastic Learner Award Homework Hero Award Kindness Ambassador Award Best Listener Award Helping Hand Award If you are in Philippines, these are some of the awards/medals / certificate that a student received after finishing school next to being Summa Cum Laude/ Valedictorian. You name it, they got it. …

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Off to Gymnasium

After months of hard work, girl finally got her head on the right track and received the recommendation for Gymnasium. It is a German school system I suppose where kids are segragated based on their capabilities. It is NOT a perfect system in my opinion because kids especially boys could be late bloomer and then…

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