i took the children to school today, leaving at home at 7.15 in the morning which was still dark outside and cold. we prayed before we left, then we walked along limesdale gardens to stag lane and crossed the street. we went to one of the bus stops, either taking 114 or 251 or 302 which headed for mill hill broadway station. then, we waited for 221 for about 30 minutes which was very long. the children were bored with expecting the bus, talking to each other and sometimes playing with something. it was 14 degree celcius. at around 8.15 we got a very crowded bus, full of children going to school and of them speaking, giggling, laughing and chatting in English. sometimes, some of them took their mobile in the double-deck bus talking to someone at the other end.
after sending the children home, my wife and i often talked about the change in the children’s behaviour in which they now became a bit hard-headed and liked answering back. we wondered that at the school they were not taught how to respect their parents. besides, it was almost christmas and every school prepared everything for it. we were asked to buy meals for christmas, but i felt a bit strange that we had to celebrate it, as we are not catholic.
