Zo Ee at 3years 5months old. (4th October 2011)
Today, while on my way to pick Zo Ee up, I was stopped by another lady a few meters away from Zo Ee's class. She was saying,
"Hi! You must be Zo Ee's Mummy." I smiled at her and said Yes. From my puzzled face she must have known that I have no idea who she is. Initially, I thought it must be another kid's mother from Zo Ee's class since she actually walked out from there earlier. She later introduced herself, saying that she is from another section of this school. She is teaching English for the 9th and 10th Standard in the school.
[10th standard is the highest standard offered in this school; Nursery 1 (3 years old), Nursery 2 (4 years old), Kindergarten (5 years old), 1st Standard (6 years old), Secondary Standard is divided to middle section 5th Standard- 7th Standard and senior is 8th Standard -10th Standard.) English, Hindi, Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, History, Geography, EE, SUPW, PE, Computer Applications, Commerce and French are offered to the 9th and 10th Standard. At the end of 10th standard, students have to sit for the national board exams.] She was telling me that every teachers in the Nursery/ Kindergarten section has been talking about Zo Ee and that she is very famous in school. This teacher who didn't want to believe what she has heard;
a 3 years old is reading at very high level? So the Nursery coordinator actually invited her over to judge for herself. And today, this teacher came over to Zo Ee's class with a book for her 10th standard pupils. I'm guessing she must have had her read to her. That's what Zo Ee said too. Zo Ee even asked that teacher,
"What is your name?" before she left the room which cracked her class teachers.
This particular teacher commented:
"You have a prodigy child. She is amazing. Her reading will put my 9th & 10th Standard pupils to shame. Her reading is much beyond that. Until I met her just now, I would not have believe that a 3 years old could read at such high level. And she has photographic memory too. "Sometimes, it's good to hear such comment
especially from an English teacher
(someone else other than me or DH to agree that she is reading at very high level) who has been teaching secondary school students for many years and from the best school in Goa. Also this is not the first time, someone has commented using the word
Prodigy although most people preferred to use the word
Genius to describe her. It's a little awkward to get such remark. And I really don't know how to react to such remark, other than just a smile while saying that she is gifted. But on the other hand, I just don't want her to be a topic in the school although the teachers are not doing it in front of her or in class.
