My naughty customer (2nd of March)

I really miss seeing that naughty kid on Sundays. I thought I would never see him again; I thought his mum has found another tutor for her son after a month of no response; I thought that I got fired because I wasn't the one she wanted, blame myself for being not strict enough if this is the reason she never called me back again...I didn't know how much I enjoy tutoring a yr 4 kid until I saw his face again today. That feeling was as though he's my long lost friend. The only difference is that he isn't really my friend, but my naughty customer.

His mum asked me to check his homework first, then finish one unit for each workbook. If only he could have done some work, as in, if he could seriously put some efforts in doing his homework, we could get them all done as we planned. However, he has made almost every mistake he could to so many questions, even to those ones that he's supposed to get them all correct. I was assumed that he might fully rely on either his mum or me to help him to double check the answers because clearly he didn't even read/ comprehend the questions beforehand. For example, when he's asked to look for the place value for a number, he wrote numerical form instead. I guess that's why he's been always making stupid mistakes, he seems like a really smart kid but not able to concerntrate on things he reads. But he did learn so fast once I gave him some examples to illustrate the concept. Btw...yes...I was meant to be tutoring him English but checked his Math homework as he got so many answers wrong. Surprisingly he was quieter compared to before. Funny how he said I got him so nervous and scared when I have became a bit controlling with a poker face in the beginning. He even said I have changed because the way I look and the attitude I had when I tutored him today. But then again I didn't want to be like other strict tutors who use their traditional way of teaching a kid, I tried to be strict yet I let him chill. Don't ask me how I can balance those two. Oh and I wasn't trying to be entertaining. Saying something dirtay...is just my nature O.O I wasn't even laughing at all when I shocked him with such a comeback 'If you don't let me touch your paper, I'll touch you. You want me to touch you? You want that huh?' after he didn't let me touch his paper(I was only checking=.=) when he was writing his remarkable wrong answer to a simple question=O= He started laughing and said to me 'Why are you entertaining me, it's so funny that I can't even write stuff with my hand now' I was like 'I wasn't even trying>.>' Another funny moment when he was asked to look for a word to fill in the blank based on the definition given. He wrote 'daze' to the definition of 'something that badman and superman are in common' lol >.> Honestly...I seriously didn't want to laugh but his mistakes are really that funny as always. 

Btw he asked about how my birthday was during our tutoring. Like I seriously didn't hope he'd remember my birthday just passed a few weeks ago. I sorta felt touchy when he remembers it even though he got the date wrong haha...But I just think that his mum has been worrying too much for his future in his really young age.

And I got an international call from that fatty tonight. I told him about Mardi Gras and all that have happened recently. He then asked me to send him some pictures, but as I know, he isn't a hardcore person like me who find nothing disturbing. I also told him about my exchange plan which is not supported by our economic condition, yet I believe that there will be one day this become true. And same as the usual him, he likes to teach me how I should see life as an enjoyment instead of a burden, and make sure I can handle all the stress before I make any decision by thinking about both of mum and myself. I know that he's been quite supportive no matter whatever I want to do or achieve. If there is one day I have everything that I want and that anyone asks me who has inspired me all this time, the first person comes into my mind will be him, who has been my role model teaching me what real life is. Experiences have taught him what not to do, what not to go beyond your own ability, what should be done and how something is supposed to be done in order to follow the nature, and simultaneously to ensure your own benefits. This may sound more of a businessman, but he was, and he still is, also has this attempt to invest this part to his daughter. Everytime when I finish talking to him, I have this urge to do more in my life. As he said, both of them haven't done anything big in their lives, but adventurous me push myself to do things in order to approach my goal. Bravery will get me much further, but most importantly is that, I have two supportive ones right there at my side no matter wherever I am, whatever I do...