Book Found Finally..

The first thing my boy told me when I went to fetch him from the school last evening was: "Mommy, teacher found my Science Activity Book".  Here the story goes....

Before the start of last school holidays, my boy told me he didn't get his activity book back after passing up for marking while the rest of his classmates got theirs.  He went up to his Science Teacher and asked as he was confident he had passed it up.  Not bothering to check if she had misplaced it elsewhere, the teacher instructed my boy sternly that he must get a new book.  I took it lightly as he had never really lost any of his books in the past and somehow the book would reappear, be it mistakenly brought home by his peers or being left in his drawer.  I asked him to ask around if by any chance any of his mates had taken it and slipped into their bags but the book remained missing.

When the school reopen last Monday, I urged him to check with his Science teacher again but he was so reluctant in doing so for fear of being reprimanded, remember he was being shut off the first time. *sad*  He took the easy way out by asking me to get him a new book.  Not wanting to argue with him, I started my book hunting craze.. why the craze?  Another story unfolds..

Just before the last school holiday started, my boy came back from school and told me about one of his classmates who got reprimanded by his class teacher.  What kind of punishment imposed, you may ask.. To wash 3 school toilets!! And how did he get himself into this?? For losing his Maths activity book and not getting a book replacement after few warnings by the class teacher.  Scary, huh?

Coming back to my boy's case, I was almost certain the book would have either been misplaced by the teacher somewhere or his peers accidentally took his.  Not wanting my boy to be the next "part-time toilet cleaner", I went on a book hunting craze, calling up all bookshops even the publisher wasn't spared but to no avail.

Irene was truly a God Send when she responded to my blog posting.  She asked me to try SBL Bookshop.  I quickly googled their contact number.  The call was answered by a friendly Malay lady and when she told me they kept only SK books, my heart sank but she quickly added that SK schools and SJK schools shared the same Science in English books and the book that I wanted was in stock. Yay!  Why didn't it cross my mind?  All this while I thought SKs were using Sains (BM), I am partially right, ok! My boy is gonna be the last batch using KBSR syllabus.. Blame it on the MOE's fickle-mindedness! And Oliveoylz, thanks so much for your kind offer.  I feel so blessed to have known you and the rest through the blogger world!

Ok, how did my boy get his book back?  I actually called up his school while hunting for the book and asked to speak to his class teacher.  She was not at the office and the line was passed to a male teacher to which I explained the whole episode.  My message was passed on to his class teacher and she took my boy to see the Science subject teacher to get things sorted out.  Finally, the book was found at the bottom of stacks of books, unmarked.. *bummer*

On another side note, thanks all for the comforting words and words of encouragement.  With all of you around, there will surely be a brigther tomorrow!

p/s Since my boy's book reappeared, I am keeping the book I bought from SBL Bookshop.  Should anyone of you loses this book *touch wood* hahaha and want to get a replacement, just let me know by leaving a comment here, ok.  No charge for the book, I bought it for RM2 only,  you only need to pay postage.  The book title is "KBSR Science Activity Book Year 2 by Chong Kum Ying, Quek Yoke Hua, Chang See Leong. Publisher: Zeti Enterprise.