taken three weeks ago when i was sitting in on jan’s first day at school. i’m not sure whether that look means “mom, do you really have to take pictures?” or “mom, am i supposed to understand these?”. it was a mandarin class, on insects… i think.

oh well, it’s such a big difference to the kindergarten we knew in germany, i just had to document it. wearing uniforms, for example, is something (public) schoolkids never do in germany. but in jan’s preschool, they even have two sets: one for the morning (the set jan is wearing) and another for afternoon (that on the boy next to him). they switch at midday, after taking a shower(!), before naptime (!).

i’ve nothing against wearing uniforms. in fact, i consider it time and cost-saving: not only do you save money on buying streetwear so often, it also saves you the daily dilemma of “what am i gonna wear today?”. jan loves the concept also because he thought uniform had something to do with going to university, where daddy goes to work. funny that at barely five, he’s already set his eyes on going to university.

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