Wrigglebot had his kinder readiness session yesterday. Now of course, I know my child is advanced but I was concerned about whether others would feel the same way. I walked into the room, Wrigglebot clung to my leg, we were off to a good start. He wouldn’t let go of me for a good ten minutes but then I walked away and sat with the other concerned mothers while he threaded beads and displayed his good manners and  intellect. The aim was that the mothers sat in a corner, in the naughty chairs so it seemed, while the kids interacted, without a mother secretly doing their ‘play’ for them because I know that I could stick and colour just a little more impressively than Wrigglebot, not that he’s not good, I’m just a little better but I guess my turn comes when he gets homework.

And so we sat and had a cup of tea without interruption and cunningly sized each other up, ‘What extra activities does your child do? My child loves to cook, mine loves to build- bird houses are his specialty, my child never watches TV she just draws and writes stories. Terribly advanced aren’t they?’ Of course I said Wrigglebot could program a computer and build the Eiffel Tower out of leggo. We all knew we were exaggerating but education is a competitive thing these days and it wont be long before they are getting that ENTER score and finding jobs and so as mothers we do our best to intimidate the competition, to get any little advantage we can. The game has begun.

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