Time to Worry Again

It's the time for me to worry again. No, No, it's not the income tax return time since I am a homemaker, neither is it the maid problem. I am not applying for an Indonesian maid eventhough I need one.

It is my son's SPM year. The exam that every school going children has to take before they go to college for tertiary education. A very important exams..so much so every parent seems to take it together with their children...if you know what I meant.

The first SPM was with Nadia. I practically stayed up with her when she studied for it. She passed it with not so flying colours but good enough to go for matriculation prograamme. She opted for a foundation course in a private university and now works in a bank.

The second was with Nabil. I didn't know how he went through it but our expectations were not so high due to Nadia's results. He passed with flying colours ..10 As. With it, he was offered a student convertible loan to study overseas and will be graduating soon in May.

The third was with Sarah. Eventhough Nabil has set a very high standard with SPM, we were really not so concerned with Sarah. We let her study at her own pace. She never stayed up late to study. To me she did really well..7 As and 3 Bs.

And now the time has come for Ridhwan to sit for the exams. Ridhwan made me worry a bit. Since he is in boarding school like Nabil, we expect him to do really well. You see, Ridhwan sometimes takes things easy. He likes to do last minute studying. But this is SPM..you can't do that like UPSR or PMR exams. The thing is Ridhwan likes to confide in us about his studies, so we know what subjects he likes and dislikes. The ones he dislikes ..he made less effort to study and the results show in the tests. He dislikes to memorise , so subjects like Biology and History are bad news to him.

We visited him today and he told us that he failed his biology test. Nabil did fail some of his tests before..but I do not know why I never worry about it. Maybe we expect too much from Ridhwan after Nabil's success..But I know Ridhwan is smart but he is a bit l--- at times. I hope he will start to study harder. At least..some hope glimmers today when he said he doesn't want to attend Mysha's birthday celebration this weekend since he doesn't want to miss his Chemistry Workshop. That's a good start right?

In three years time it will be Imran's turn to sit for the SPM..Ohhh..I'm too old to worry like this.....