Yang, however, was less pleased. He said he had seen the school team train and it was challenging! He regretted doing well in the selection test last year... So we agreed that he should go for the training first and see how from there instead of rejecting it from the outset.
Since 13 January when we told him after seeing the notice on PG, he would say on and off that he didn't want to be on the school team. We got him running shoes anyway before our Chinatown trip. Then CCA started on Monday, 9 February. He came back from Evans Stadium very tired...
Then after his second training session on Wednesday that same week, he came back with a slip of paper informing parents of an upcoming track and field meet in March, before the National School Games later in term 2/3. He kept whining about not wanting to go for it. He doesn't want to go for any competitions. But he could not tell me what exactly he was afraid of.
Actually, I find that Yang is just like me at this age so I could completely understand. I was very self conscious and I didn't want to be seen by anyone coz I thought I was ugly 🤷🏻♀️ So I told Yang that there would be many things happening at the same time so attention wouldn't be on him alone. In fact, only people who love him would look at him and cheer him on. But of course he didn't buy it.
Last time, we supported him when he wanted to learn piano. We also didn't force him to continue when he lost interest. But this time, we wanted to push him more since it's part of his CCA anyway
Then Sito talked to him at length about it. He went to fetch him from Evans on that first day of CCA to familiarise him with the route to the bus stop so he could come home directly instead of going back to school with the rest. And he saw that Yang was the biggest boy there in terms of height and build. His size is already a natural advantage. Even the coach said Yang was suitable for throwing events.
In the end, it looked like Sito managed to convince Yang. When I tucked him in, he said Papa's "inspirational speech" made him feel better about going for the competition. Phew! So Sito signed him up for shot put.
On the other hand, Yu was envious and couldn't understand Yang; he wanted to be in the school team for robotics! In week 1 of school, he even coded a game for Kai who was lazy to do it! (In the end, Kai also did it himself.) But we didn't get any notification for Yu.
After the first day of CCA, he confirmed he isn't in the school team. He said he didn't do well in the test last year - he scored full marks for the coding but didn't build the thing in time, or something like that. We told him to ask the coach what he should do to get into the school team but he went, nah, he would do better for the next test..
Even though chess is not a CCA in his school, Kai is effectively in the school team for chess since he represents the school when he plays at national schools games.
So both Yang and Kai would be taking part in competitions in their respective fields in March. Jia you! 💪💪💪
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