French language or tae-kowan-do for my child ?
By akumei1269
@akumei1269 (1749)
India
August 19, 2007 11:34am CST
My child's school include French language and tae-kowan-do ( a form of korean martial art sports ) as an optional subject in their achool curriculum from V standard .
I myself had preference for swiming but it is not offered .
Among these two i am undecided . I recognise importance of both but i have to choose between the two .
My child is too shy and fearful in outside of home particularly at school . He seems to be lacking in selfconficence because of his comparatively smaller physical stature. I think proficiency in martial art will raise his selfconfidence and courage .
On the other hand French is a valuable language internationally . It has good demand from career aspect also . I haveobserved my child haveing a good grasp of language rather than numerics. On this basis i hope him to do good in a foreign language and that may help him inhis career building .
SO both has their role in my child's future life .
Can you suggest me from your observation and experiences and knowledge which one to choose ?
Thank you all
2 responses
@lynboobsy11 (11343)
• Philippines
19 Aug 07
hmm.. its a hard decision at all. but you must choose the best right? well martial arts could be really helpful to your child. and it can really help her to defend herself to bad people. while french language is also important in communicating with others. but just think what's more important and what your child really wants.
@HighReed1 (1126)
• United States
19 Aug 07
I would suggest the martial arts class.
My son was fairly shy and quiet at school. I put him in the karate class. He learned more self-confidence and made some new friends there. He was also only competing against himself in the competitions, so there was no pressure from team-mates.
The foreign language class would be good, maybe later. I was more concerned with bringing my son out of his shell than languages in school.
To this day he still does his warm-ups and stances. He has also decided he wants to go to Japan and do anime. He taught himself Japanese. So we covered 2 birds with one stone.
