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Cyclists cross the line because the police do not know them

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Red traffic light
Red traffic light

Today, when I was driving Dean, Sophia and Carlotta to the swimming pool, I overheard they were talking about why cars alway stop at the red light, while “some” cyclists do not.

This was a tough question, I said to myself. Carlotta muttered, and only said to Dean, all the cyclists “should” stop at the red light.

A few seconds later, Dean found the answer by himself, “They cross the line because the police do not know them.”

He was excited at finding the answer, but Carlotta and I muted. We did not want to confirm his answer. I was not sure at his age knowing such a fact is a good thing or not.

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Home windtalkers

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Secret Langauge
Secret Langauge

Kids are really creative. And they can play a foreign language at their fingers. English is nearly not a foreign language to them.

Today on the way home, Dean suggested creating a secret language which no adults could understand but kids could.

It amazed me that he started making the rules for the secret language straight away. His rules were so complicated, involving rhythm, backwards pronunciation and some German words.

I was concentrating on driving but I was not good at thinking in a manner of kids anyway, so I could not understand what exactly his rules were. However, Sophia and Carlotta listened very carefully and interrupted him from time to time, making improvements to the encryption algorithm.

Before we got home, they have finished the rules. As a test, Dean made some sounds like jabber. I was completely out.

Carlotta asked, “Do you mean ‘when go to beach’?”

Dean said, “Yes!”

I was shocked, deeply.

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Brighton College admitted my kids

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Last year my kids took the admission test of Brighton College but were rejected. At that time my kids just started learning English. I took it that they did not understand what the questions were during the test.

Kiki bought each of them 3 exercise books from Bond. We, together with Carlotta, and mainly Carlotta, supervised them to do the exercises after school. We did not train them everyday and in a systematic way. We just trained them when we had time sitting with them, and we asked them to pick the subject they would like to take.

On 20th January this year, they were to the test again. When they came out of test, they told me they completed all the questions and they thought they are easy. My sixth sense was telling me they would succeed this time.

Today we got the decision from Brighton College that both of they have been admitted. We are so proud of them because we have not put much effort on it and they still find their way out.

My friend asked me if it is worthwhile to send kids to the private school while public schools are free in the UK. I said yes.