NWCS 2014-10-18-Week06
From: NWCS Principal <principal@nwcsny.org>
Date: 10/17/2014 7:01 PM
大家好，
我發現我的雙胞胎越來越不需要我花很多時間跟他們生氣或提醒他們做功課。老師允許他們使用自己的平板電腦做功課，教他們使用網絡來查找中國文字。作業的電子郵件也都直接發送給他們。
今天我決定在家工作，有機會到校車站等待兒子下課。他們忙著和他們的朋友交談和計劃週末想要做什麼。我聽他們對朋友說：“我們從來不能在星期五晚上出去玩，因為我們要復習中文”。我以為他們會繼續抱怨。但讓我驚訝的是，當他們的朋友說：“哦，這太糟糕了”，我的雙胞胎回答：“還好，我們都習慣了，我們期待著看到我們中文學校的朋友。我們每週只看到他們一次……“。
我們走回家時，我問他們“你喜歡中文學校嗎？”……他們看著對方, 在想這是媽媽一個詭計?（我會做這樣的事嗎？）大兒子說：“我不會說我們喜歡，因為我們知道我們有沒有選擇的餘地……但我們習慣了”（10年了總算認命了），小兒子說“我們認識我們的中國朋友們很長一段時間了。”我想我應該感到高興的是，他們知道只要他們想住在我的房子，這是一個必須完成的任務。
你最近有沒有在早餐俱樂部購買午餐？我們的我們的副校長提醒大家，我們現在賣的便當只要$6。另外，如果你想嘗試什麼特別的要求，請告訴我們的廚師！
下下週六，11月1日，在9:15開始，蔣女士將來學校舉辦一個小時的教育津貼及退休規劃研討會。如果您有任何問題, 請聯繫我們的董事會成員, 安邁克先生。
明天見！學校早上九點開始，請大家準時到!
Hi Everyone,
I hope that you had a great week and are ready to learn Chinese tomorrow! I have to say, as my twins get older, I don’t have to help them with their Chinese homework as much! The teacher also allows them to use their tablet to do their homework, teaching them to look up Chinese characters using the web. The homework email is also sent to them directly!
So I decided to work from home today and waited for the twins at the bus stop when they were due home. They were busy talking to their friends and making plans for the weekend. I heard they said to their friends that “No, we can never go out on Friday nights because we have to study for our Chinese weekly quizzes”. I thought to myself, I am going to hear more complaining from them about how other kids are lucky etc etc etc. But to my surprise, their friends said “Oh, that’s too bad” and to that, my twins answered “Actually we are fine with it. We are used to it now, and besides we look forward to seeing our friends at the Chinese School. We only see them once a week … “.
On our walk home, I asked them “So you like Chinese School now?”… They looked at each other thinking that it must be a trick question. (Would I do such thing?) One of them said “Well, I wouldn’t say we like it, but since we know we have no choice in the matter … we are used to the routine now” (It only took 10 years)… The other twin said “Yeah, and we know our Chinese friends for a long time now”. I guess I should be pleased with the fact that they know this is a required task as long as they want to live in my house. 
Have you been purchasing lunch at our breakfast club? Our Vice Principal would like me to remind everyone that we are now selling lunch boxes ($6 only). Also, if you have any special requests that you would like our cook to try, please let us know! Talk about customer service, only in NWCS!
Looking forward, on Saturday, November 1, beginning at 9:15, Vickie Chiang (fromTransamerica Financial Advisors, Inc,) will host an hour long Education Funding and Retirement Planning seminar in one of the classrooms. Michael Andrews, one of our board members, will keep everyone posted as we finalize the location.
See you tomorrow! Classes start at 9am sharp. Please be on time.
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李宜蓉 Eileen Y. Lee
北威校長 NWCS Principal, 2009-2015
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