The Tryst

This morning i went to my younger son's school for i was called for a conference with the directress. the start of the conversation wasn't already good because i already felt that there's a tension between us. she started asking me about my personal observation with my son... in short pointing to me bluntly my misgivings as his mother. it's painful but i accept it. i know i have my own shortcomings, we're always busy with our own work and we always come home late, forgetting to attend to his needs. however, i also pointed some of the flaws of the school, especially on academics but she can't accept it. imagine, my son is only four years old, and they give him test questions like: connect number 18, 17, 13.. to their words. My gosh! my son could barely produce a sound, he couldn't simply read a three-letter word, how would he answer such kind of a test. another, they asked him to identify leaves that are edible and non-edible, but the pictures they had given were printed in black and white. i myself couldn't even distinguish which one is edible, and which one is not at first glance, how much more my 4 year-old son?! she said, it's right to teach them lessons like these since they are still young; they will be able to absorb all these things. huh, what an explanation! she also told me, they transferred my son to an earlier schedule, 8:00-10:00 am, putting him to an enhancement program. i told her it was alright to place my son in the enhancement program, but i think it was already too late because they did that in February only. she insisted that they started the program in January, and told me "you don't know because you did not attend the meeting", what a slap on my face! yet i remain calm..when i got home i immediately checked the letter containing the new schedule, it was dated February 7. i wanted to go back to the school and show it to her to tell her that she was wrong, but i told myself it won't do me any good. it was not even stated in the letter that it was because of the enhancement program that they are changing his schedule. we were not even informed that they are scheduling a conference with parents whose children have academic problems in school... or maybe because it's only our son who's having problems in school. she said it's always our responsibility to come and confer about our son's progress in school. but what is the purpose of the correspondence notebook? i did not stay longer, i was getting impatient already, so i ask her to end the conference. i told her i was disappointed, and she too said she was disappointed. i don't really know what she's disappointed about. when i walked out the door of her office, i didn't look back. all i know, i had great regrets. i regret, i have enrolled my son in their school, i regret they had an administrator like her who is not open-minded, not open for suggestions and comments, and i regret i paid much for my son's education not getting the equivalent results my son rightfully deserves.