“It took us the whole of our first month to get organised but we finally put together a flexible schedule that works. Our day starts at 9 in the morning and ends at 4:40 in the afternoon. The timetable has seven lessons of 50 minutes each, and a long lunch break to allow Sally to learn the guitar and recorder, and Eddy to watch science videos (mostly BBC Planet Earth).”
“On most days, Maths lessons are in the morning hours, and the other subjects are randomly distributed. Changes to the timetable are made when there are assignments or when one falls behind schedule in one subject and needs more time. Free time is spent watching TV or movies, listening to music, Eddy playing with friends (even with very little knowledge of Russian or Kazakh!), Sally reading, dancing, or knitting.”