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FAMILY RULES DURING TESTING

YES...THERE ARE RULES FOR YOU TOO !!!!!

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WE UNDERSTAND THAT PARENTS/FAMILY MEMBERS WANT TO SEE THEIR LOVED ONES AT THIS EXCITING AND PROUD TIME.  OUR PARENTS WERE THE SAME WAY AND STILL ARE.  THAT IS WHY WE ARE ALLOWING PEOPLE TO WATCH THE TEST.  BUT, THERE ARE SOME RULES THAT NEED TO BE FOLLOWED.  THIS IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL INVOLVED.  ALSO,

WE WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT TESTING IS DIFFERENT THAN A REGULAR CLASS.  IT IS VERY SERIOUS.  THE SENSEI’S WILL BE MUCH MORE STERN AND DEMANDING.  YOU WILL SEE YOUR CHILD, SPOUSE, ETC. PUSHED FURTHER THAN WHAT YOU MIGHT THINK IS RIGHT.  THIS IS ALL A NATURAL PART OF THE TESTING PROCESS. 

THROUGH THE YEARS AND MANY TESTS THAT WE HAVE GONE THROUGH, WE HAVE SEEN CRYING, WANTING TO GIVE UP, VOMITING, WANTING TO REST AT INAPPROPRIATE TIMES, WANTING TO GO TO THE BATHROOM NUMEROUS TIMES AND EVEN WALKING OUT BEFORE THE TEST WAS OVER.  “THIS IS ALL NORMAL.”  WE THE SENSEI’S DO NOT TAKE THIS PERSONALLY AND WE WILL DEAL WITH IT. 

IF AT ANYTIME WE FEEL THAT SOMEONE REALLY CAN’T DO WHAT WE ARE ASKING OF THEM OR THAT THEY REALLY CAN’T CONTINUE, THEY WILL BE PERMITTED TO LEAVE THE TEST AND TRY AGAIN AT A LATER DATE. 


WE NEED TO BE QUITE UPFRONT HERE:  IF YOU CANNOT HANDLE YOUR LOVED ONE BEING PUSHED TO THEIR LIMIT, DON’T COME TO VIEW THE TEST.   PLEASE JUST SHOW UP FOR THE HANDING OUT OF THE BELTS AND CERTIFICATES.          


THAT BEING SAID….HERE IS THE RULES.

COMING IN AT ALL DIFFERENT TIMES IS VERY DISTRACTING TO THOSE BEING TESTED.  IF YOU DO NEED TO COME AT A LATER TIME, PLEASE ENTER THE SCHOOL QUIETLY AND PROCEED TO THE DESIGNATED VIEWING AREA. 

PLEASE DO NOT TALK TO STUDENTS WHILE THEY ARE TESTING.  THEY WILL GET BREAKS AND YOU CAN THEN TALK TO THEM IN QUIET TONES. 

ON THE STUDENTS BREAK, ENCOURAGE THEM TO DRINK “SLOWLY” AND  “SMALL SIPS” 

IF YOU NEED TO BRING SMALLER FAMILY MEMBERS, PLEASE BRING A TOY OR SOMETHING FOR THEM TO DO.  WE CANNOT HAVE THEM RUNNING AROUND DISTRACTING THE STUDENTS. 

YOU MAY VIDEO TAPE AND TAKE PICTURES.  IF THE SENSEI’S ASK YOU NOT TO VIDEO TAPE OR TAKE PICTURES OF A CERTAIN SEGMENT OF THE TEST, PLEASE COMPLY. 

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES ARE YOU TO YELL, REPRIMAND, CHASTISE, DISCIPLINE OR
INTERFERE IN ANY WAY WHILE YOUR CHILD IS TESTING. 

REMEMBER, THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT TIME FOR THEM  AND THEY ARE PROBABLY

NERVOUS AS IT IS.  DON’T MAKE IT ANY HARDER FOR THEM. 

START A TESTING TRADITION WITH YOUR FAMILY.  AFTER EVERY TEST OR TOURNAMENT THAT WE ARE IN, WE ALWAYS GO FOR CHINESE AFTERWARD.  THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE DONE SINCE OUR FIRST TEST AND WE STILL DO IT.  AFTER SOME OF OUR TESTS, THERE HAS BEEN AS MANY AS 30 PEOPLE THAT GO AS A GROUP FOR CHINESE.  SO, STICKING TO TRADITION, AFTER EVERY TEST THAT WE GIVE HERE AT THE SCHOOL; WE WILL BE GOING FOR CHINESE.  WE ARE EXTENDING THIS INVITATION TO EVERY STUDENT AND FAMILY MEMBER TO SHARE IN CELEBRATION AFTER THE TEST.