Then main reason to enroll Sanjiv into an IB school was for him to learn with understanding and reason things and not just obey to authority. To think logically and question in a right way. As usual it back fires to me.
I appreciate the fact that he is made for IB style but what I can't accept is his reasoning to get things from me.
One of his classmate wears watch to school. I know about this from his class teacher's weekly blogs and photo post.
So when Sanjiv asked me to buy a watch for him, I asked him is it because his friend wears it. His response as usual shocked me.
Sanjiv: ' No amma. All the clocks in the school don't show right time. Because of that I either miss my lunch time or play time. That's why, now you understand'....
Now tell me how can I say no to his reasonable request....
So I got him the digital watches he already has (Lego/Mickey/Diego)...He immediately gave me that dirty look and said, 'Do you want the kids at my school to laugh at me.I am in Grade 2 and I am grown up.Can I have a watch with number dials and it has to be plain black'...
And it didn't stop there...
I told my husband clearly that we will have to buy a cheap watch as there are high chances of him loosing it at school.
when we took him to shop, the shop keeper showed a watch which is water resistant, has alarm, timer and glows in night...
Sanjiv comes to me and says, can we buy this watch...again his reason to buy that expensive watch was
1. He goes to swimming in school. So if it is water resistance, he doesn't have to remove the watch and worry about it being lost.
2. If it has alarm, he knows the time to go to bed. I don't have to remind him. As if he listens to me and an alarm can make him sleep on time.
3. Timer - He knows how long he is spending his time in reading and watching TV
4.Glows in night- In middle of the night, he doesn't have to wake me up to know what time it is .Oh ya, as is he wakes every hour to check time...
And with all this reasons he got a watch he wants that too for the cost I didn't plan....
What do you guys have to say about this ???????
