My Boy Genius

I blocked my schedule the entire week. I did not commit to anything or to anyone. From Sunday until last night, my time and attention are all to my dear LANZ. Review, review,review.
Finals week for him. Lanz has been a consistent honor student. From the time he started school when he was 3, he has never failed to be in the top student's list, humility aside, he is either Top 1 or Top 2, just either, nothing tertiary. And mind you, the only factor that the Top one slot gets snatched from is penmanship. Cute thing, last night he told me, "Mom im poorest at penmanship. That's my weakest point." And I was hmmmm touched because little as he is, he knows his weakness. And acknowledges it. So I told him, "It's okay baby, mommy's penmanship is not perfect up until now, see my handwriting?" Then he gave me this huge, huge, huge smile with his teeth showing. *tight hugs*sweet kisses*

All of Lanz's advisers have shared a more or less similar assessment on Lanz's perfomance in school. They said,

* He is a gifted child. He is very intelligent and above average. When I first enrolled him, I thought he is just any other kid. But our family friend, a school principal, already told me that my Lanz is really smart. Lanz was just 9 months old, and she already told me that very intelligent ang anak ko. Yes, she is a principal, with more than 20 years of handling kids, but to me, I just can't grasp the thought that my son is gifted. I guess I needed more solid proof. And so it was proven when kids' experts, school officials, once again told me that Lanz is gifted.

* He is more mature compared to his classmates and kids of his age.

* He is very analytical. His chinese teacher was so amazed at him because she would speak chinese and use objects as clues, and Lanz, being a pure Filipino student, having no chinese tutor, would be the first one to get the answers to her questions despite the majority of chinese students in the class. *proud mommy me*

* When he was 3 and 4 years old, he snatched the salutatorian medals for his english and chinese.

* He is a born leader. His K1 teacher related that Lanz is her Teacher's Assistant in the classroom. Lanz would usually initiate to help Ms. Ces whenever he see's her jammed with lots of work. "Ms. Ces is it okay if I let my classmates fall in line before going to the john? I'll call them by train numbers." or somtimes he would stress some pointers of his teacher like, "You are late again. Ms. Ces told you not to be late anymore. You better tell your bus driver to bring you to school early." He stands up and gives his late classmate the worksheet and the materials that are needed for their present activity. All on his own prompting yan ha. At times he would say, "Ms. Ces, im done with my work, can I help my classmates with their work?" Sobrang helpful and full of initiative. (ganyan ang anak ko sa school, katuwa ano?)

* He is good at encouraging. As his adviser told me, Lanz would often tell his classmates, "Please speak louder." or "Practice some more at home so when you come here you are prepared." At this point, his adviser and I got a little bit worried because some of the kids might think of him as a bully. But I know my son, he doesn't have any bully-bone in his body. His intentions are purely of helping.

* Lanz is a graceful performer. He is good at both dancing and singing. He is always placed in front because he knows and easily memorizes the steps of their dance numbers. His teachers would always tell me, "Kay Lanz po ako tumitingin eh, kasi minsan po nakakalimutan ko, si Lanz pa po ang magsasabi sa akin na Im wrong." This remark was related to me by a lot of his teachers, as in iba ibang teachers. This is the reason why he is always in front or at the middle of his dance or song numbers. One cute performance was, the students formed the Philippine flag. Students were grouped according to their shirt color, red white, and blue. And Lanz was the only kid wearing all yellow, because he represented the sun. *sweet smile*

* Lanz made his lolos and lolas proud because of the grades that he brings home. Of all his report cards, 96 is his lowest grade. Ang card ng anak ko, xine-xerox! (san ka pa?? hehehe). For this reason, his name is always on the school paper's list of outstanding students and his picture is always posted on the Honor's board of La Salle Greenhills.

* Lanz never forgets to thank me at times when his homeworks were acknowledged or were praised by his teachers. He would tell, "Mom, you're great! Teacher showed my work in front of the class." or "Mom, i love you! I did great kanina" (shempre kilig kilig ang nanay).


My Lanz is the awesomest one! I get teary-eyed just by looking at him as he sleeps. Hhhhayyyy! Pano ko ba ginawa tong batang ito???? "Bata, bata ... pano ka ginawa?" (hehehe)