Arvin is going to a different school next month. The "bigger" school. He will enter the high school level and it's always an exciting new things for him to explore. It's like his ever first day of school, a lot of new people, teachers and students to meet. It's so different for him for the last 6 years, because he knew the teachers and classmates since he was in primary. But going to high school is so different. The fact that it's a completely new school, he's also going to be one of the freshmen. I am not sure how he would react with older kids there and I am just hoping that he won't end up with the wrong crowd. Every time I passed by that bigger school in the morning to dropped Arvin off, I could see teenagers smoking outside the building and who knows what else they have been doing after school. I am hoping that Arvin won't end up like that.

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