{"id":384,"date":"2006-12-04T00:31:18","date_gmt":"2006-12-04T00:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naveenbachwani.wordpress.com\/2006\/12\/04\/a-for-amazing\/"},"modified":"2006-12-04T00:31:18","modified_gmt":"2006-12-04T00:31:18","slug":"a-for-amazing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/beingdad\/2006\/12\/a-for-amazing\/","title":{"rendered":"A for Amazing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few months ago &#8211; in August, to be precise &#8211; I blogged about Pumpkin\u2019s first report card!\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/papa.naveen.naveen.naveen.naveen.bachwani.com\/2006\/08\/06\/joy-and-pride\/\">It was a treat<\/a>.\u00a0 And, as parents, we were both overjoyed!<\/p>\n<p>But, being the genius that she is, she had to go and better it in the next one\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right\" align=\"right\"><span class=\"sizeLess20\">(A+ = Excellent, A = Very Good, B+ = Good, B = Scope for Improvement)<br \/>\n(Earlier ratings on the left; New ones on the right of \u201c&gt;&gt;\u201d)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Self Reliance<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I take care of things\u00a0 = A &gt;&gt; A+<\/li>\n<li>I attend to my personal needs\u00a0 = A &gt;&gt; A<\/li>\n<li>I meet people without shyness\u00a0 = B+ &gt;&gt; A<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Motor Skills<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I like to draw\u00a0 = A+ &gt;&gt; A+<\/li>\n<li>I can string beads\u00a0 = B+ &gt;&gt; A+<\/li>\n<li>I can climb steps\u00a0 = A &gt;&gt; A+<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Work Habits<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I work quietly\u00a0 = B &gt;&gt; A<\/li>\n<li>I clean up after work and play\u00a0 = A &gt;&gt; A+<\/li>\n<li>I finish what I start\u00a0 = A+ &gt;&gt; A+<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Social Development<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I like to play with others\u00a0 = B+ &gt;&gt; A<\/li>\n<li>I join organized games\u00a0 = A+ &gt;&gt; A+<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Courtesy<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I listen while others speak\u00a0 = B+ &gt;&gt; A<\/li>\n<li>I accept and respect authority\u00a0 = A &gt;&gt; A<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Language Development<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>I enjoy listening to stories\u00a0 A+ &gt;&gt; A+<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>My attention span is becoming longer\u00a0 = A &gt;&gt; A+<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>I speak clearly\u00a0 = A &gt;&gt; A+<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>I share my experiences with the class\u00a0 = A &gt;&gt; A+<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As a parent, I firmly believe in not pressuring children to perform in school.\u00a0 Honestly, I would\u2019ve been happy even if the report card was just average, as long as she was learning and having fun.<\/p>\n<p>That said, if it\u2019s all \u201cA\u201d and \u201cA+\u201d, who am I to complain ?!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few months ago &#8211; in August, to be precise &#8211; I blogged about Pumpkin&#8217;s first report card!  It was a treat.  And, as parents, we were both overjoyed!  But, being the genius that she is, she had to go and better it in the next one&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-wonder-years"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/beingdad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/beingdad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/beingdad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/beingdad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/beingdad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/beingdad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/beingdad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/beingdad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naveen.bachwani.com\/beingdad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}