One of our girls was first in class. 24 April was "results" day and we walked to school to receive the year-end report cards. Everyone was tense (except me). I knew they had all done well. They were well prepared. I have a very good team of teachers right now. They have given their all, and the girls have worked hard.
One by one the girls are called, and handed their results. It is done inside the classroom while all the parents line up outside along the windows straining to hear, whispering among each other. We heard names, and then we heard lots of praise. One of our girls was first in her class. She truly deserved this as she worked and worked, staying with her books long after the others were at play. She has dreams. She wants to be a doctor. Her dreams are our dreams.
Everyone did well. Two others were also right near the top of the class. It was truly a day of celebration. We had another reason to celebrate as the gov. school had agreed to admit two of our handicapped children! We will work with the school on the best way to do this, but the acceptance is incredible. So we celebrated!!!! Big time!!!. We waited for the afternoon teacher to come and then whisked her off, all of us, including friend Chris Futia visiting from the US, Gibi and her kids, and we went to Crosswords Bookstore. The girls had never been there before and we bought a collection that truly reflects our children. In the Bengali section we bought some collections of poetry, stories, and recitations — and some comic books in Bengali. Then we went to the children's section and bought some simple English books. And of course, a few of the girls really wanted the Cinderella coloring books. After consultation with my internal "Nay sayer." I said yes. We took Ganga with us. She liked a book with horses — and I liked the picture of the gray mare and the brown colt. The girls also picked out a book for Bornali, vegetable pictures and names.
Chris Aunty wanted to add to the celebration with ice cream so we went to South City Mall food court and had ice cream. It was just a very happy day, just a normal day of celebration.
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