My son attended his school Thomas Star King MS culmination ceremony today. It was held at Benjamin Franklin High School in Pasadena. This marks the end of Middle school term for him and the beginning of freshman high. Like his elder sister Yasmine, Muaz will be attending John Marshall High School, the SAS school. This school has successfully ran an academic program for highly gifted students who completed middle school . SAS stands for School for Advanced Studies. Upon completion of this program students will get to go to prestigous universities of their choice throughout America.
Both my kids Yasmine and Muaz upon coming to America had to graduate twice. Yasmine was in Form 2D at STPRI and when she continued schooling here, she was enrolled in Grade 7 which is eqivalent to Form 1 back in Brunei. Muaz had just finished PSR exams at Riverside School,Kampong Pelambayan in Brunei .When we came here he was enrolled again in Grade 6 at Luther Burbank Middle School,Burbank, which is equivalent to Pr 6 in Brunei.
Had it not been for my childrens' wish to come here to study, i guess i won't be here. The pace of life is really fast and demanding for a cosmopolitant city like LA. Not much fun for a Bruneian like me who's used to the slow paced of life in Brunei.
