Smelly boots and Crayon Stench

As I walk through the halls of my Julien's new school, it brings back memories of my elementary and my life when I was young. The smells are so similar despite the fact that it's a completely different school. It makes me nervous to send him as he's currently in preschool 2 afternoons a week and already says he doesn't like going. He just turned 4 and so we are deciding whether to send him to kindergarten this year or next year. I think socially he's ready to go but he has NO patience for the academics of learning. He is always asking, "What time is it Maman, What's his name Maman, What does it saw on it Maman" but get him to sit down to learn letters comes in short, 10 minute intervals few and far between. I think he likes being at home with me and Claude and enjoys the freedom of doing things when he wants. "Always on his terms" I say when he fights being asked to do something he doesn't want to do(like getting dressed to go outside!). I just want him to be a kid a year longer and have a full year advantage over the kids instead of a full year disadvantage.
Also it does smell rather odd in the halls of a school. All the kids boots and winter garments, the stench of crayons and art hanging on the walls. Lunch days with pizza, Spaghetti and milk sales. The music teacher getting the kids excited to sing a song they love. It's all very distant from my memory but I get to live it again through my kids!