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Sunshine in my Reader

If there's one thing about Kindergarten I wasn't prepared for, it's the car line.No, when you say car line, it should be said like this: the car line.So the car line has been stressing me out big time. All of the sudden, every parent within a five mile radius of my home is zooming towards school at the exact same time as if there was a race to be won. And you cannot, CANNOT be second. No, you must be first. FIRST!So when you're at the stop light waiting to turn, you don't get in the lane...

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Chinese Souvenirs: Iron Paintings

The US may not do anything for International Women’s Day (March 8th), but China does. There’s always something happening on that day. When I lived in Hefei in 2005, the local government held a big show at the park and asked the female foreign teachers from my school to perform a few musical numbers. As a thank you, the government gave them all one of these iron paintings. I got one, too, just for showing up with them. I’m that special. The painting is of the welcoming pine...

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Schools in the Charente go back this week....

It's a big week in the Downie household as our eldest prepares for her first day at Segonzac college (secondary school) on Thursday and our youngest gets ready for CM2 at Gondeville school (pictured above).I guess that the step up from junior school to secondary is just as big in the UK but they do seem to take it very seriously here. The first years (or 6'eme as they're called) have the run of the school to themselves on Thursday, then take the day off on Friday when the rest of the...

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My New Year's Resolutions

It's that time of year again.  Not January 1st, but September 1st, the real New Year's Day on my calendar.  After 18 years of being educated and 10 years of working in education, it's hard not to feel like the beginning of the school year is when the real chance for a fresh start occurs.  Every year I make my new school year's resolutions, the ways I'll improve on what I did the year before'what I'll keep and what I'll tweak and what I'll throw out completely.This is true for me on a personal...

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