Phew! Just finished “asking” my 12 year old son, Basti, his Natural Science, in preparation for tomorrow’s grade 7 NS exam. Ouch. That’s a lot of learning for a 12 year old, and the modules are TOUGH! Okay, okay, i will probably calm down soon enough, but WOW, he didn’t sail through this Natural Science “asking session” like he usually does with all his other subjects – and it’s not even his worst subject – his two worst, at the moment (last year, and first term test results this year) are Arts and Culture, and EMS (Economic Management Science) – so why this sudden wobbly? Hm, well, perhaps he’s just tired? It’s 5 days of school exams down, and 3 to go. Basti has been learning really … Read entire article »