So after almost a year and a half, Mateo will be going to school once again. Ramil and I have decided not to fully homeschool Mateo since he seems to be looking for playmates other than Anika, me, Ramil, and my sister. He wants to be with kids his age. So, under the agreement that we will still continue ‘studying’ at home, we enrolled him for this school year.

School for the kindergarten kids started last January 5. Although Mateo was making a little fuss while we were walking towards his classroom, he eagerly entered the classroom when he saw his classmates playing inside. After almost a week of classes, his teacher described him as happy and I had to send him to school even with a bad cough because he insisted that he wanted to go to school.

Knowing that the competency level here is lower than what we are used to back home, Ramil and I do not have high expectations in terms of how much will be covered or how fast the topics are discussed. This is exactly why we had to tell Mateo that there will still be homeschooling with me. Still, I think it was a good decision to send him to school simply because he enjoys it.

Hopefully, this continues even when there are more schoolwork being done. We just want him to have friends and enjoy school.