End of an Era: Last Day of School

John (at left), flashing the "V" sign (he has picked up on some local things!)

Today was John's last day at his local pre-Kindergarten class.  He'll have next week off, then we'll be travelling in China for about 2 1/2 weeks, and then he'll have about a week of vacation time left before he starts at his "official, have-to-be-4-years-old" pre-K at a new school.

It was sort of bittersweet for John.  On the one hand, he would tell us that he didn't like to go to the old school because he had a hard time communicating (it was entirely in Chinese), but at the same time it was clear that he liked having time to play and interact with kids his age.  Kids don't necessarily need to be able to speak the same language to be able to play effectively together, although when conflict arises it is often made more difficult when they can't communicate with each other to resolve it using a common spoken language.

They gave him a couple parting gifts, which was nice.  Folks there were really nice, and I hope someday he remembers going to this school.

GJS