Just sitting at the airport and waiting for our flight to Sharm-el-sheikh that has been delayed by an hour. Can't wait to get some sun and warmth on the skin! We have had more snow this week and even went skiing on Wednesday - Robert and the boys and me. After that it has started to melt and the streets don't look pretty. I wish it would be really warm while we are away and all this terrible stuff will be gone when we come back.
Beatrice has tryed the 2nd grade this week at school. She struggles of course with the Estonian at this level but I think we could work on it and get there in the end. However we have a much bigger hurdle to overcome - she has really grown fond of the girls in her grade 1 class and misses them badly, also she says the gr 2 teacher is mean. She is really kind of rough and it probably doesn't fit into her plan to have an extra student in class. So will have to see what we will do after the break. In a way I want her to work at the top of her abilities but on the other hand if she is so unhappy with the social side of it it does not make much sense. Quite tricky. Estonian school system doesn't apply individual attention that she is used to so it is a long uphill struggle. In fact I have started my quest in the education policy and written an article about school holidays. Probably they will publish while we are away and all kids will be expelled from school anyway! It's just that the 3-month long summer holiday has no more economical reason like it used to and only means that kids have less time in school than in other countries and the schedule is so tight to get all the curriculum done in a shorter time. More on that later.