It was a short week starting on a Wednesday after the Independence long weekend. I felt tired yesterday despite the short week and I sensed other teachers were as well. Could it be the change in our schedules and sleep? Not sure. One of my highlights is to drop Ocean off at school on Thursdays in the morning for girls soccer practice. The team practices before school and it gives me a chance to run my dog Obi at school and watch Ocean play soccer. I can’t wait for the games!
I also like that Nadia signed up for morning duties this year. It gets us to school earlier this year a couple of times a week. She still looks elegant in the playground duty vest! Uzbek schools started on Wednesday. They are heavily influenced by the Russian school system with a strict calendar ending date in May and not starting until September. The first day of school is also a day of pageantry and students dress up and bring flowers to their teachers. It is a nice tradition and one of the ways Russian and Uzbek society shows respect to the teaching profession. The USA could use some of this. The streets in front of the public schools on both sides of our house were crowded on the first day. There are no school buses in Uzbekistan. Most students walk to school or their parents drive them.
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