Nearly three years after my last post, I think I might be ready to start writing again.
But as with all things in parenting, I'm going to be cautious and not make a firm decision yet...
I am glad that some circumstances in my life have stayed constant, like still being a professional academic. I like experiencing small triumphs in the teaching-learning process (which I see as a win-win and usually a result of collaborative effort between me and the students involved). I still make plenty of mistakes and attempt to learn from them (especially not to make the same error twice).
I am also pleased that things are changing. Instead of one child to ponder, I have two. My older child is in the second year of kindergarten (Hong Kong kids start school at x<12 months, so by age four, already a veteran kindergartner). My younger child just turned 2. Both children are, as with most families, quite different. They also show me what an actual "two person world" (consisting of them, excluding parents) is like.
So if I have some free time after all a day's labor is done, expect to see more posts about how teaching and parenting intersect.
But as with all things in parenting, I'm going to be cautious and not make a firm decision yet...
I am glad that some circumstances in my life have stayed constant, like still being a professional academic. I like experiencing small triumphs in the teaching-learning process (which I see as a win-win and usually a result of collaborative effort between me and the students involved). I still make plenty of mistakes and attempt to learn from them (especially not to make the same error twice).
I am also pleased that things are changing. Instead of one child to ponder, I have two. My older child is in the second year of kindergarten (Hong Kong kids start school at x<12 months, so by age four, already a veteran kindergartner). My younger child just turned 2. Both children are, as with most families, quite different. They also show me what an actual "two person world" (consisting of them, excluding parents) is like.
So if I have some free time after all a day's labor is done, expect to see more posts about how teaching and parenting intersect.
