Comments on: I Started to Hate Our Saturday Music Classes http://www.thesuzette.com/2009/08/i-started-to-hate-our-saturday-music-class/ A blog for Ian and Isabel Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:03:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: suzette http://www.thesuzette.com/2009/08/i-started-to-hate-our-saturday-music-class/comment-page-1/#comment-83853 suzette Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:33:39 +0000 http://www.thesuzette.com/?p=1553#comment-83853 Pei Wei: Did that warning before the class. I think he is over excited... Pauline S: Ya, I think you are right about the public reprimand. As parents we should not reprimand in public, coz they lose face, right? Just couldn't help myself last week, and immediately regretted it. He is like that also in the school, but I think his school teacher loves him, appointed him as the 'small teacher' to help out other weaker students, so not a major issue. Maybe this JMC teacher does not have that chemistry with him. You can either hate him or love him, no in between. LOL! Renn: You know, sending him to music school, I was hoping to make him more 'gentle' and 'calm'. Maybe after a few more lessons he will change. :) Pei Wei: Did that warning before the class. I think he is over excited…

Pauline S: Ya, I think you are right about the public reprimand. As parents we should not reprimand in public, coz they lose face, right? Just couldn’t help myself last week, and immediately regretted it. He is like that also in the school, but I think his school teacher loves him, appointed him as the ‘small teacher’ to help out other weaker students, so not a major issue. Maybe this JMC teacher does not have that chemistry with him. You can either hate him or love him, no in between. LOL!

Renn: You know, sending him to music school, I was hoping to make him more ‘gentle’ and ‘calm’. Maybe after a few more lessons he will change. :)

]]> By: Renn http://www.thesuzette.com/2009/08/i-started-to-hate-our-saturday-music-class/comment-page-1/#comment-83851 Renn Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:57:49 +0000 http://www.thesuzette.com/?p=1553#comment-83851 I send my son (same age as Ian) to music class for over a year now (not Yahama). He behaved exactly like Ian but thanks to the experianced teacher, he improve dramatically after 6 months. Sometimes it's good if the parents do not have to be present. The teacher can control better (if she is good). Anyway, just be patient, Ian would definately improve :) I send my son (same age as Ian) to music class for over a year now (not Yahama). He behaved exactly like Ian but thanks to the experianced teacher, he improve dramatically after 6 months. Sometimes it’s good if the parents do not have to be present. The teacher can control better (if she is good). Anyway, just be patient, Ian would definately improve :)

]]> By: pauline s http://www.thesuzette.com/2009/08/i-started-to-hate-our-saturday-music-class/comment-page-1/#comment-83850 pauline s Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:50:43 +0000 http://www.thesuzette.com/?p=1553#comment-83850 Hi...I've just started my dd with the JMC too. i always find it easier to talk to my dd at home or during quiet time what she didn't do correctly. This seems to work better when both of us are not so "heated". My dd will have the same issue like Ian if I reprimand her in the public and she will sulk the whole event! Does Ian behave like that in school? Maybe you can ask his teacher what is the best way to calm him? Hi…I’ve just started my dd with the JMC too. i always find it easier to talk to my dd at home or during quiet time what she didn’t do correctly. This seems to work better when both of us are not so “heated”. My dd will have the same issue like Ian if I reprimand her in the public and she will sulk the whole event!

Does Ian behave like that in school? Maybe you can ask his teacher what is the best way to calm him?

]]> By: Pei Wei http://www.thesuzette.com/2009/08/i-started-to-hate-our-saturday-music-class/comment-page-1/#comment-83849 Pei Wei Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:37:06 +0000 http://www.thesuzette.com/?p=1553#comment-83849 oh dear, i can feel the tense too. maybe you can talk to him, or should i say give him a "friendly warning" at home before he goes to the music class. if friendly warning doesn't work, then go for a stern one :D then when already in the class, keep reminding him of what you've advised him earlier. hopefully this can help to calm him down a bit during the class. oh dear, i can feel the tense too. maybe you can talk to him, or should i say give him a “friendly warning” at home before he goes to the music class. if friendly warning doesn’t work, then go for a stern one :D then when already in the class, keep reminding him of what you’ve advised him earlier. hopefully this can help to calm him down a bit during the class.

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