Our little boy took part in this year's CMA abacus national competition on Sunday. We were actually not keen to put him on this competition when we were invited by his centre to join. However, mister lil E was so enthusiastic about the competition and asked us to sign him up. We were partly apprehensive about taking part because it was a whole day event and we were concerned that he will lose confidence if he doesn't do well..
The teachers helped to prep those kids taking part in the competition well (I think they put in effort to do so). Ethan seemed to be quite confident the night before as he told his brother that he thinks he will get to go up the stage. He has been told for 1st to 3rd prize winners, the kids will receive their trophies on the stage. So he was setting himself such a high benchmark before the competition. We overheard the conversation between the brothers and were amazed with his aspirations.
On Sunday, after registration, Ethan kept telling me that he's very nervous. Funny reaction from this cool (or rather bochap) kid of mine. Anyways I told him to treat this like normal lesson and enjoy the experience.
The parents were ushered to another hall where we get to watch live feed of the competition. It's an eye opener for me to see how much more enthusiasm other kids have displayed for abacus/mental calculation.
We waited long for the results to be released. And we were really really surprised to see Ethan coming in 2nd and 3rd for Abacus and Mental calculation segments respectively. Although we were proud of his results but dreaded the fact that we had to stay longer to wait for the prize giving ceremony (the consolation winners, 4th and 5th can picked up their prizes straight after the release of results)
2nd and 3rd prize trophies
We hope he has gained more confidence in himself and puts in effort in every other thing that he's doing.
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