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Planning for a transition from primary to secondary school education

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I have no plans to have another baby because my kids are at an age where they have started school. I want to create an environment in the house that will cater to their studies and upcoming adolescent years. It is exhausting to go through their wardrobe and pick out clothes that no longer fit. Then packaged them nicely in the bag for donation or recycling. I want that part to happen less frequently so that I can focus on other things better – like having a personal space, becoming authentic, encouraging creativity, instilling human-ness etc.

Personally, I feel that is what parents should do in this world we are living in. Memanusiakan manusia. I know my son is capable of learning, memorizing and calculating the academic side of things. Furthermore, established schools are known to be successful in doing that due to the quality of syllabus and training of their tutors at school. I have no qualms about that. I should alongside that make sure that my son has positive values that are aligned into becoming first class citizens. To be kind, empathetic, respectful and religious in a non-threatening way. These traits need to come from home.

My son will start his secondary school education next year. Mr Husband and I have submitted our applications to a few MRSM-based and SBP schools. The school also encouraged their students to participate in UKM’s Sekolah Pintar online exams. This is our son’s 3rd year attempting the questions and he managed to secure an interview with them soon (UKM3). We have yet to be informed of the interview’s date but it requires the presence of parents as well. Perhaps they wanted to explore the student’s family background and get to know us better.

As a parent, I am happy for his achievements so far. Nevertheless, I am also nervous of what the future has in store for him.

Pre and post test

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In a pre-test paper for a course,

Student A scored 50% and student B scored 70%.

After the course, they sat for the post-test paper. They both scored 100%.

However, there is only 1 prize and the course organizer decided to give it to Student A.

Both students did not know their marks for both tests and it was easily assumed that Student A probably scored higher than Student B.

What are your thoughts about this?

Prepping children for the world we want them to live in

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“I will support him in whatever he wants to do”

“He doesn’t have to get Number 1”

“Dunia akan kiamat jugak… modern education is not relevant”

As much as I’d like to convince myself as the parent that’ll say the things above – I cannot help steering his educational journey in a direction for the world I think I am preparing him to go to. They type of world or ways of living that need good grades or some sort of kecerdikan to get what they want. Often I hear of parents who choose to get off mainstream education for a bigger purpose. To me, it is fine because they have set their minds for their kids to live a certain life as an adult.

Kids are sent to Tahfiz because their parents want them to memorize the Quran and become Khalifah more religiously. To shun Dunia and accept akhirat fully.

Kids are enrolled in Sports school because the parent dreams of the child excelling as a sportsman, to compete and bring pride to the country.

Kids go to boarding schools because these institutions provide the opportunity for them to climb up the social ladder and give back to their families in the future by earning a good income and reputation.

Some parents withdraw their kids from all forms of literary education altogether be it mainstream, private, tahfiz or homeschooling. As they prefer the child trained to earn a living to fulfil their basic needs such as food, water and having a roof over their head.

Either way, it is the responsibility of the parent to prepare the child for the world they are aiming for. There is only so much as an outsider of the family can offer assistance, awareness or aid to encourage children to get an education.