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>We are lucky with our school ... there's nothing in >the rules. Since outside shoes aren't permitted in >classrooms, others are usually in slippers or socks >but in summer it's not uncommon to see bare feet. Now >that it's colder our children are the only ones >barefoot in school. > >As noted ... there wasn't any kind of ceremony of >getting rid of shoes, we just noticed that last year's >shoes didn't fit and decided to skip this year's >autumn shoe shopping round. Together with the promise >that if they need it they will be provided with >well-fitting and flexible footwear to insulate from >deep frost, but if they don't we won't bother them >with it. > >And now I notice that I know each child's feet very >well, I could easily identify anyone just by looking >at any part of the feet because I frequently check >them for any sign of injury, to observe their >increasingly tougher pads, to give them a good foot >massage when we sit together in the evening, or after >a long city walk just to admire the black footprints >standing out against the pale arches before they go >scrub them clean. I just completely lost track of >whatever shoe size any of them would need now!

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