人生第一試，看来智商沒有遺傳到爸爸。
昨天收到Victoria的拒信，十幾家國際學校面試基本上全軍覆沒，都是第一輪都沒過。主要問題是完全不聽招呼，任何事情喊他多少遍都當耳邊風，照做他自己的事情。去圍棋課，英語課，數學課和網球課都被老師投訴。都是一開始都很喜歡他，可是後來完全不能manage. 上次去英語課家長會，老師說，If it’s just him not following my instruction I can handle, but other kids follow his behavior too and suddenly the whole class in in riot, I just can’t have that. For example I told him not to pour all the food out during break, he kept pouring it and looked at me while he was doing it, as if saying what are you gonna do about it? 網球課也是，教練跟他說，this is a place to learn, if you don’t respect me then you are not welcome here. 說了三遍，我坐在旁邊不高興了，站起身來把他拉走了。
只有個ESF的offer。那天去ESF Quarry Bay School面試，本來是面試waiting list，貓貓進去了以後，老師來要家長談一下。輪到我們的是副校長，問我們，對孩子有什麼期望。我說，“I recently read Samuel Butler’s The Way of All Flesh, and one sentence really resonated with me: ‘If a man has done enough in art and music to make me feel I can trust him with my life in a time of crisis, then he’s successful in my eyes.’ ” 副校長聽了，跑去教室坐在貓貓旁邊看他畫畫，下午就直接給了offer。要不然真不知道到哪上學。
Wang Maomao 