Childhood years (and ears) are precious years (and ears)...

Don't rush those precious years... the childhood years

This letter in TODAY (Oct 25) -- from someone who runs a kindergarten -- is a timely reminder that "gifted" children are still children:

And don't pull those ears... they're precious ears!

Which baby boomer schoolboy has not had his ears pulled? But today? No way. Kids are too precious these days, unless you're talking about this poor little lad in China, whose teacher decided to pull his ears in an unsual way just "for fun" (ST, Oct 27)...

Meanwhile, here in Singapore...

As of writing, this New Paper on Sunday story is not out yet, so I won't know the details. But I'm just wondering if the blurb writer got it wrong by saying "One mother sends son...". This would mean the mother did not go along. If in fact she had gone along, it should read "One mother takes her son...". It makes a lot of difference! 

Text talk -- Infographic

Finally, here's an interesting infographic report on texting among schoolkids...

http://www.onlineschools.com/in-focus/text-talk

Those in the education line should find the website useful too.