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Just went to their website and read the principal's message. Robert Powers writes a welcome to his IB school, and his grammar is a little shocking--it's like giving an ape a keyboard (no offence to the ape!). I would think that any parent who reads Powers' message will have second thoughts about sen...

Parents sometimes need to trust their gut. If your gut says you want to know the rate of teacher turnover, that is a fabulous question to ask the administration of any school. Some schools in town have low turnover rates of staff. The reasons for turnover are the same as in many sectors of the busin...

Interesting discussions. I agree with the post on talking to your child's potential teachers. In an article on happiness in Time Magazine the biggest kicks in the pants of happiness are losing a loved one and losing one's job. If a sense of meaning is so important to us from work, then we need our k...

My wife and I have a toddler here, and it's a bit of a hassle in the train. There are cultural differences for us in terms of space and politeness that we had to overcome. In North America, children stand for adults. Here, often the children sit and the adults stand. Moreover, often pregnant women o...

It depends how much you want to pay and how open minded you are to intercultural experiences. There are playgroups and music and art groups all over town, which are really fun for little ones. They go as often as you like. There are several nice parks and beaches for play--lots of playgrounds. My wi...

the chinese girls school on dunearn is in a light blue. 60 or 58 dunearn i think.
hope that helps.