Who takes the blame for a child’s bad report?
Aug 14, 2009
OH, my God! It is a bad report again. I am not talking about the Kibaale issue. Today I am right into your home. The kids are back for holidays and so are their reports. But the marks on the report are worse than what Miria Obote got at the last president
OH, my God! It is a bad report again. I am not talking about the Kibaale issue. Today I am right into your home. The kids are back for holidays and so are their reports. But the marks on the report are worse than what Miria Obote got at the last presidential elections.
At least, we blamed Miria’s cooing voice then. What shall it be with Junior who attends an expensive school and harvests as much as Teso people have been doing lately? As the investor, you must blame somebody.
In a typical home, the dad will blame the mum: “The woman has spoilt my kids – I used to be very bright in school†Even when he wasn’t - Ugandans know what history does to memory.
When the mother is empowered, she may return the blame but many are not. They instead blame the teacher or the school and demand for coaching money. Some dads are like Government, very willing to invest more in the pot-holed roads. But others will think in cost-benefit ratio, which has disorganised our share of the national cake and led to the birth of federal tendencies.
A bad report is bad company to a holiday. It can spoil an evening for dad and mum. And the standard reaction for lots of parents is coaching, which is as illegal as the kiboko squad – it is against the law but can pass if it is working for us.
But the blame game is unfortunate because poor performance is a complex issue, probably in the league of the Bafuruki crisis. It depends on many factors including hereditary aspects, the environment, the child’s health and the family situation. When the kid sparks with flying colours, fathers copy politicians to take all the credit and mothers let them preferring peace to a referendum. But when the kid fails, then it is the mother’s child. But have you stopped to consider your private input to a kid’s performance as a dad? Dads are very good at demanding good reports but leave the implementation to mums. My brothers, paying school fees, making your demands known and frowning your resolve through is still not enough. You have to physically show interest by doing some of the homework together. Sit together and work out equations together.
I know these days they teach in P3 what we studied at campus. And many of us have forgotten what decimals are. You don’t want to compromise your child’s belief that dads are all knowing. But think again; mums do it, are they more knowledgeable than dads?
Put on your teaching gloves even if you have to read books again. You can’t be too busy, this is your child we are talking about.
But as you must have thought already, this topic should not have interrupted our love discussions. I just wanted to let you know that a home full of bad reports cannot host good romance. And if it does, then there is something wrong with the parents, the family or the entity’s mission.
And it was a good way of avoiding inflamable topics like Bafuruki, campus fees and the Bulange title.
Stay alive till next week.
At least, we blamed Miria’s cooing voice then. What shall it be with Junior who attends an expensive school and harvests as much as Teso people have been doing lately? As the investor, you must blame somebody.
In a typical home, the dad will blame the mum: “The woman has spoilt my kids – I used to be very bright in school†Even when he wasn’t - Ugandans know what history does to memory.
When the mother is empowered, she may return the blame but many are not. They instead blame the teacher or the school and demand for coaching money. Some dads are like Government, very willing to invest more in the pot-holed roads. But others will think in cost-benefit ratio, which has disorganised our share of the national cake and led to the birth of federal tendencies.
A bad report is bad company to a holiday. It can spoil an evening for dad and mum. And the standard reaction for lots of parents is coaching, which is as illegal as the kiboko squad – it is against the law but can pass if it is working for us.
But the blame game is unfortunate because poor performance is a complex issue, probably in the league of the Bafuruki crisis. It depends on many factors including hereditary aspects, the environment, the child’s health and the family situation. When the kid sparks with flying colours, fathers copy politicians to take all the credit and mothers let them preferring peace to a referendum. But when the kid fails, then it is the mother’s child. But have you stopped to consider your private input to a kid’s performance as a dad? Dads are very good at demanding good reports but leave the implementation to mums. My brothers, paying school fees, making your demands known and frowning your resolve through is still not enough. You have to physically show interest by doing some of the homework together. Sit together and work out equations together.
I know these days they teach in P3 what we studied at campus. And many of us have forgotten what decimals are. You don’t want to compromise your child’s belief that dads are all knowing. But think again; mums do it, are they more knowledgeable than dads?
Put on your teaching gloves even if you have to read books again. You can’t be too busy, this is your child we are talking about.
But as you must have thought already, this topic should not have interrupted our love discussions. I just wanted to let you know that a home full of bad reports cannot host good romance. And if it does, then there is something wrong with the parents, the family or the entity’s mission.
And it was a good way of avoiding inflamable topics like Bafuruki, campus fees and the Bulange title.
Stay alive till next week.