Election Time

N: mom, where is the student council packet?
Me: at home I suppose. Why?
N: it's due tomorrow. I need to turn it in.
(to my surprise, why? he's running?)
Me: you're going to run for student council?
N: Yes. I want to.
Me: Why?
N: Cuz I think it would be fun!
(me thinking: interesting! Never crossed my mind that he would want to run for student council plus he always has told me that he has "stage fright". And his dad and I have always been very apolitical though we like discussing politics at home.)
Me: ok. cool! You know that you need to write a lot, like a paragraph about why you want to do it, no?
N: Yeah. I know. I will write it.

So here it is. Ninja's "vision" of being part of the student council...

"FUN" is pretty much the main theme and his "vision" of the whole "campaign" Pretty much all he wanted is to have fun and make school more fun and make everyone smile more! I thought that it was pretty neat and innocent for a third-grader. Nothing about "saving the world" but just "to have fun". And you know, why not? considering how much work these kids have to do at school these days.

Best friends, worst enemies

To my surprise, A, who just started her first grade, actually enjoys writing (journals). She’s always been quite creative and loves doing arts. When I picked her up from Kid’s Corner this afternoon, she showed me this beautiful drawing she made for her brother. And N was somewhat indifferent. I was a bit disappointed with his reaction. She kept wanting to show her affection to him but he just shrugged it off. “I don’t like people give me so much love,” he said, “I feel uncomfortable.” Shy? Or growing up? Maybe a bit of both. Thinking back that the other day I had to toss them out of the car because of a silly quarrel between the two, perhaps it is truly as what they say, they are “best friends and worst enemies.”