‘Symptoms are multitudinous, but this particular morning, she suffered from an inability to remove herself from her bed, and also felt the need to talk back to her birth-giver.

‘She seems to be recovering her senses after watching her cell phone fly out the car window. Please call me if there is another flare-up.’

The note, which Nicole shared on Facebook, was such a massive hit with parents online that it was shared more than 32,000 times.

‘As a teacher and a mom, well played, game-set match to you!’ one commenter wrote. Another added: ‘I love this, I need to keep this in mind for when my little one gets older.’

- Mother blames ‘teenageism’ for daughter being late for school, Metro.co.uk, September 27, 2016.

About the author:

Zhang Xin is Trainer at chinadaily.com.cn. He has been with China Daily since 1988, when he graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University. Write him at: zhangxin@chinadaily.com.cn, or raise a question for potential use in a future column.

【Game, set and match to you】相关文章：

★ 教师中心 小学英语教学反思

★ whether the weather

★ 正视中国英语 体现民族特色

★ 英语学习方法介绍

★ 新概念英语学习者：警惕新概念只会背不会用

★ woodchuck could chuck wood

★ 英语论文 如何培养学生学习英语的兴趣？

★ 农村小学英语教学如何突破？

★ 论文 小学生良好的英语学习习惯的要求与培养

★ 新概念：让我们 “语”众不同