Another small observation
Each afternoon when I go to pick up Evan at school, I see something I've not seen before.
The bell rings to mark the end of the school day and ... nothing happens.
There aren't cries of joy, or kids rushing out the doors. Eventually, classroom by classroom, the kids start to emerge as the *teacher* dismisses them. Sometimes it begins a minute after the bell, but I've seen some classes held for 5 minutes or longer. It's really quite a thing to see.
Usually, about 2 dozen or so parents are waiting on the school grounds for the kids. I've yet to hear a single one complain, either, that their kids aren't being let out the moment the bell rings. There doesn't seem to be any rush.
The bell rings to mark the end of the school day and ... nothing happens.
There aren't cries of joy, or kids rushing out the doors. Eventually, classroom by classroom, the kids start to emerge as the *teacher* dismisses them. Sometimes it begins a minute after the bell, but I've seen some classes held for 5 minutes or longer. It's really quite a thing to see.
Usually, about 2 dozen or so parents are waiting on the school grounds for the kids. I've yet to hear a single one complain, either, that their kids aren't being let out the moment the bell rings. There doesn't seem to be any rush.
posted by Jon A at
2:50 PM
3 Comments:
Well, Jon, you'll just have to go in there and show them how 'it's done'. . . maybe relay races to see who can get out the doors fastest. . . seriously, it must be very refreshing to see and experience. Do you all change clocks, i.e. daylight savings time?
Namaste, MW
Sorry about the 'you all' - that's my 'southern' talk slipping in. . . MW
We do have Daylight Savings Time here in NZ. We sprang forward a couple of weeks before you fell back. Right now the difference between the time here and the time there is *effectively* six hours. 1 pm here is 7:00 pm there ... but of course, we're a day ahead.
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