Preparation

Shortly after we held the examination for our third year students, I attended a seminar on the approach to teaching young children.

It goes like this: Euterpe is in the middle of the second year of her kindergarten study. As part of the continual collaborative work between the school and the family (see, I can talk in the language of extra-terrestrials), the kindergarten invites we parents to have a session of class inspection.

Yes, we shall be in the classroom for a morning and see how our kid is doing in the class.

I must say that’s not an extraordinary event; many kindergartens make similar arrangements. The only thing remarkable is, before we parents do the class inspection, we have to attend a seminar on the Dos-and-Don’ts when appearing in the class, follow by some practical tips on interaction with kindergarten children.

We really need seminar of this kind for our academic staff.

PS. On my way home, my mind was not at ease.

What would happen if we invite the parents of our medical students to do a class inspection?