Don't settle, don't step back, and don't sweat it!
The beginning of the school year is always an exciting one for children and parents. Lots of posts on parents bringing their kids to their first day of Primary school or even kindergarten or nursery! Those days are quite far behind me, but January is still always an interesting time. I went to my son's Sec 1 end-of-orientation ceremony yesterday, and for the past week, my daughter has been busy organising various Sec 1 orientation activities at her own school. New year, new beginnings, new friends, new hopes, new dreams! A really cosmic moment struck me when my boy came back from the 3-day orientation camp and said, "Daddy! You know all those things you keep saying to me, like "do things right the first time", and "have a sense of urgency"? They say EXACTLY the same things at this school, in EXACTLY the same way!" So weird and yet so fitting that what the school taught me, I have taught to my son, and things have come full circle in ...