Cheers NMRN, baby Gino, yes Gino ! arrived Saturday afternoon Mother and child doing well, thanks for asking.

 

I don't know from experience about private schools but know some expats who use them for their children and are pleased with the education received there (of course, generally private schools start with intelligent kids!). I read about Montessori schools many years ago and was impressed by their methods (I read they educate young kids to grasp the concept of letters by giving them letters with textures (e.g. like sand paper) so they feel them - this may seem a small point but attack any learning process from different angles and it has to be positive) but I have never spoken with anyone who went to one.

I would suggest, if asked, to any expat coming here never to send their child(ren) to public schools - they could keep them at home and educate them for 2 hours a day and achieve better results. If they can afford it then send them to private schools (Silliman, Don Bosco and others I don't know of) - I am sure parents on this Forum could advise you on that. If you use public schools then you are in danger of taking a bright child and reducing that child to dim. Sorry, but that is the reality.

 

Congrats Joh

Congrats John Boy

 

Yes you are correct.....that's why I bought a set of Drain rods !I also still do my own Electrics, Painting n Decorating and wash the Dishes,
when you have to fend for yourself at an early age, you soon learn about the cost of living..........I should of learn't how to kick a football.

 

Haha they do, kids English is better than mine....

 

If the child has intelligent parents then there is less to worry about. Most parents here do not monitor their children's schoolwork and often do the projects for them. I think that education should be about using the available resources - and school is only part of that. Children now are fortunate to have access to everything via the internet and they will use that resource wisely if guided by their parents. Without guidance they gravitate towards FB and other forms of social media, which to my mind is okay but has to be limited. I don't think it is interfering with a school to add education at home - setting projects on a diverse range of subjects and giving the child the use of the internet to research it. It may start quite badly but, with guidance, a bright child will master it in no time (they should be taught that there are no failures in their studying - only learning opportunities - unless the failure is a lack of willingness to try their best). Many exams here are multiple choice types and so a guessing game - getting them to think about a topic, read it, digest it, precis it and writing it in their own version is a skill I think is not taught here. Evidence of the lack of ability to think surrounds us in this country. I think that good parents can enhance a child's education by a huge amount and either fill gaps missing from work at school or add knowledge and thinking skills to supplement the school.

 

Unless things have changed once a nurse is finished training they have to do 1 year free work experience in a local hospital before they can even get the 14,000

 

My wife is always telling me of this problem and what's happening.

Lots of her nurse friends have gone to Canada, some sort of promises for a fast track permanent resident visa.

Also the nurses are getting extra payments for bringing a friend, its a fair bit think about 5k AUD.