First day of school

With Bees working until all hours of the night on the national holiday, we finally opened. Y'know what- kids are the same here, too. They complain about cell phones or that the internet is too slow. Or that the desks are too small or lunch is too expensive.

Our classes are small. Many students enrolled in other international schools when the thought that ours was closing last year. I think my smallest class is 7 students and my 9/10 class is 19 kids. Not too bad for Marni and I.

Zoe is, of course, the tallest kid in her class. I think she is one of two white kids. There is a boy from Russia in grade 9. Whenever they have school photos they put the white kids in the from to make it look more international.

Zoe was a little lost and timid around all the other kids. Many of them know each other and although they were speaking english to her, I think she thought it was Mandarin.

To top it all off, Zoe left her bedroom window open and was eaten by mosquitoes. She looks like she has chicken pox. Her face and arms are covered in bites. Here, the mosquitoes are small but nasty. They are also everywhere- inside and out. There has been some heavy rains lately which has not helped, either.

Caden will go to his first day of preschool tomorrow. He will enjoy the playground but hate the math lesson. I am pretty sure he will beat up another child.