Investing in our Children’s Education – Part 2 I wonder if anyone reading the previous blog would have taken it out of context. Well, the fault lies in me because I assumed readers would know I was talking from the premise of the average parent that sends their child to public schools. If I had [...]
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There are several things parents need to be aware of when thinking along the lines of ‘investing in education’. ‘SAVING’ money in some kind of fund is not a form of investment, it is a form of saving, and when today’s rules of money have changed, savers are losers. An investment in something means that [...]
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Some might be wondering whywe have been quiet. Despite holding several homeschoolers’ meetings, we are now exploring new aspects of homeschooling – structured learning (as structured as we could do it). If you have been following us Facebook, you would have gotten some idea. On Saturdays over the last 2 months, we have been conducted [...]
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The free fall of our nation’s education
Frankly speaking, I was neither surprised nor shocked at the recent announcement by our education minister about reversing the teaching of Math & Science back into BM. For don’t we all know by now that decisions on educational policies have never been people-centered but ALWAYS politically motivated? The more the minister says it isn’t, the [...]
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