a journey to gold

Eury was 2.9 year old when she started Kumon. I got a lot of raised eyebrows at that time. Some people were telling me she was too young. Well, we didn't enroll her to torture her. Hehehe. We just wanted to support her. Thank God Teacher Didit took the time to assess her and yes, she said Eury was ready. She advised us to let her start with Math. I wanted Reading. She said Math will be easier for her because numbers have specific meaning unlike words. All I know back then was Math is difficult, period. Hehehe. So we agreed on Math and Eury's journey started.

It was so easy at first but as she moved up level by level I admit, it was becoming hard. The path was with, yep, rough roads. There were crying and even "hating" moments but what kept us moving was Eury. I'm so proud of her because at times we wanted to stop already, she showed us she can do it. I'm amazed how she learns slowly but surely.

Through all this, come August 2009 she was able to reached bronze in Math.

She saw her picture at the center's bulletin board but she was asking why hers was small. We told her kids with big picture were those who got gold. I think that made the worksheets more challenging for her. She was motivated to go for gold because she wanted a big picture.

November and still she landed at bronze. She was kind a disappointed because her picture was still small.

At last February came and she bagged silver.

Her picture got bigger and she went up to the room and excitedly said to Teacher Didit, "Teacher! Teacher! Big na yung picture ko!"

I nearly cried because she was so happy. From there, with the help of all the teachers, Eury tried harder each day to see her big big picture.

May came then June... This was posted right after her birthday. She was speechless when she saw her big picture. She was so shy to look at it in front of the other parents and guardians. When at last we were left alone downstairs, she asked me if she could step up the monoblock chair to look at her picture. I said yes, and when it was in front of her face already, she requested for me to take a picture of it. She didn't know that I already did that. Hehehe!

I'm not really sure that she even understand the achievement and the fulfillment she allowed us to feel with this award. All I know is that her big picture means a lot to her. =)

A great birthday present for her, she also got bronze in her Reading as of May 2010.

I know this is just the beginning. Maintaining the status is another story. For whatever the future brings, I want Eury to know that we are all behind her, supporting her.

We love you bebe!