Chapter 23.1 - Eager to Learn (1/2)
Chapter 23 (1/2): Eager to Learn
The cute dumpling was very eager to learn. Even though what they teach in kindergarten isn’t complicated, she still pays close attention to her teacher’s explanations.
YinYin has never been to kindergarten before and, while picking up her water bottle, she watched other kids carrying beautiful schoolbags being picked up by their families.
There they can count, can learn to add and subtract small numbers, can draw and can sing nice songs!
The little dumpling secretly picked up unfinished drawing as if she was gathering precious treasures. Whenever she painted them, she didn’t dare paint too much because she was afraid of occupying a lot of space, so she painted by small sections. It always took a long time to finish.
She couldn’t draw well, so she took a broken pencil and drew only big trees and flowers on a blank paper. After painting them for a long time, YinYin felt that her painting was the most beautiful in the world!
Even now, YinYin still thinks so!
When the kindergarten teachers spoke, the little dumpling listened very carefully. During classes, she always maintained her eyes wide open on her small fat face and looked at the teacher full of curiosity.
Who wouldn’t like such a cute dumpling?
Mrs. Wang, the head teacher, always complimented the dumpling whenever she called Mr. Luo. She told him the kid was always serious during class and could learn very well. Even though she was always enthusiastic before class, she would concentrate once the class started and wouldn’t make a noise.
Kindergarten tend to me more about fun and games than teaching, since a group of four-year-olds have no patience to learn too much. Their biggest instinct is to play.
“So the other kids are very different. She is quite eager to learn and always understands the classes. Not only that, but she also likes to teach the other children and read small books for them.”
Teacher Wang told him about a funny story. In the beginning, she thought her seatmate Shi Yuan was no good at learning, so she tried to help him. So after every class, no matter was the teacher taught them, she asked Shi Yuan ‘do you understand’?
If he didn’t? then she will say “It’s okay, YinYin will teach you!”
Later they found out Shi Yuan had lied and understood everything!
The little dumpling was so angry that she picked up her book and went to teach other kids to let a certain someone know how much she felt betrayed. So now teacher YinYin’s not in short of students!
Shi Yuan: “…”
By now, she already had several ‘students’ in her class and, besides attending class herself, she also teaches others and is always busy.
Teacher Wang told that to Mrs.Lou as a joke and both laughed together on the phone.
She told everything there was about the kid to Mr. Luo. That dumpling’s gangster father was so intimidating, specially after that time when she fought in class. So even Teacher Wang was a little afraid of him and would refuse to call him unless necessarly.
Mr. Luo laughed over and said: “Our YinYin is not one to be overlooked. Despite being cute and sensible, not even ten bulls could prevent her from doing what she wants. If she can’t teach one, then just go and teach everyone, what a success!”
That was a noble kindergarten, so there were more courses than public kindergartens and the children already knew simple characters.
Teacher Wang assigned them with a task called Dream.
The children didn’t know what a dream was, so Teacher Wang explained it to them, “Dream is something you want the most!”
A kid raised their hand in the air, “Like eating candy right now?”
Teacher Wang: “….”
“Well, your biggest dream is to eat candy now. But another kid’s dream is to live in a house made of candy. Do you prefer eating candy now or owning a candy house? Kid, don’t you want to dream big?”
The child immediately went back their word, “It didn’t count! It didn’t count! Let me think another one!”
“Teacher, I want us to live in a candy world, where the table is made with candy and the chairs too. So I can eat it all!”
Teacher Wang: “…That’s great….”
The three and four year olds only knew simple chinese characters. For example, characters like one, two, three and four are fine (一 二 三 and 四). That’s why Mrs. Wang asked the class to draw instead.
Most of the kids are born fearless, including this group. So they were naturally willing to share their dreams and show off their drawings.
YinYin sat on the first space in the second row and waited for the children in the first row to finish their turn. She held a small paintbrush and raced against the clock.
An adult was drawn on it, wearing blue clothes. He was tall, taller than the sun and YinYin used red watercolor to write “good daddy.”