BACK TO SCHOOL

Summer has come to a quick end for both uncle and nephew! Mine was an absolute blast; spent running around Tanzania working with dairy processors and grain millers on a whole heap of fun and exciting issues. Braeden's was spent largely shirtless, splashing in mud puddles, riding his tagalong bike and completely destroying a Mickey Mouse ice cream bar (pretty special deal for a Type I diabetic!). We'll let you be the judge of who had the most fun -

Lucky for us I have a handful of summer Tanzania-Braeden stories to catch you all up on over the coming weeks. Even luckier still, is that my poor memory means that these stories will likely be way more entertaining than if they were told in real time. So get ready for the final push towards race day - its time for me to a) start seriously fundraising (wink) and b) start training (brother just polished off a 75 mile ride on Sunday; I still get winded walking up two flights of stairs).

So back to school - I talked to the little man today and learned of his school schedule for tomorrow. Looks like my memory stands correct on this one; kindergarden is incredibly more challenging than life at HBS ;)

Braeden's Tuesday	Uncle John's Tuesday
7:50 arrival	7:50 sleep
8:00 morning meeting
8:15 share time
8:30 questions and comments (so awesome!)
8:45 celebrations*
9:00 reading
9:30 math	9:30 wake up!
10:00 recess	10:00 Managing Human Capital
10:30 lunch .
11:00 reading
11:30 crafts	11:30 Globalization and Emerging Markets
12:00 computer
12:30 legos
1:00 snack
1:15 science	1:15 lunch
1:45 social studies
2:15 recess
2:30 share time II (face it, a lot can happen by 2:30)
2:45 closing circle
3:00 pick up	3:00 nap

*celebrations: so I'm meeting with the dean on this one to see if we can have something similar at my school. The skinny is that everyone gets in a circle and celebrates those who shared, asked questions, or no doubt made very entertaining comments in response to those questions. You're probably asking a great question yourself right about now: How does a classroom full of 5 year olds celebrate such achievements? Answer: A crazy clap dance with spirit finger firecrackers, of course. AWESOME (working on the video!)