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26/11/2007, 16:22 Rose Joined on 06/02/2007 Dordogne (24) Posts 853 Re: Moving with a reluctant teen? - views welcome  Chateau Miaou wrote: Has anyone seen Di?    Do you think she's been scared off?    I hope she comes back to tell us what she thinks of the views expressed here . . . I hope not... I would really like to know what she decides!     Report

26/11/2007, 16:29 Lucinda Joined on 23/10/2007 Dordogne Posts 78 Re: Moving with a reluctant teen? - views welcome Yes Panda but my two went to college in our local village with 100 other pupils!!! VERY small but had the advantage of small classes. We are quite a way from Bergerac so my two have weekly boarded. Daughter goes in on Monday morning and is picked up Friday evening. Son did that too and it was great preparation for having to move to Toulouse to do Classes Prepas where he has stayed for Ecole Veterinaire. I cannot fault the system here but the kids need to have the motivation and a lot of that comes from us parents. My two were 10 and 5 when they came here and I invested a great deal of time in sitting with them both and getting involved with their work. Once they went to College I felt it was easier to take a back seat because by then they wanted to suceed. Once to Lycee their fate rests in their own hands. I still support but only when asked - only last week I had to correct a dissertation on the effect of antibiotics and the sun which son had to write in English - his grammar lacks a little after 12 years here!!!    Report

26/11/2007, 16:33 Lucinda Joined on 23/10/2007 Dordogne Posts 78 Re: Moving with a reluctant teen? - views welcome  pale pink specs wrote: Hi Lucinda... that's fantastic!  thanks - it's really good to hear all sides!  What age were your children when they moved?  (sorry I'm assuming they're not French which is a big assumption!) Yes they are English and they were 10 and 5 when we came here - they are now 22 and 17 - oh god I feel old!!!    Report

26/11/2007, 16:40 Rose Joined on 06/02/2007 Dordogne (24) Posts 853 Re: Moving with a reluctant teen? - views welcome Lucinda... you don't know how good it is to hear that!  Sometimes it is easy to hear just the things that go wrong... you were so right to post your story to give some balance!  We live between Bergerac and Perigueux and we have been told of a couple of good schools in Perigueux... I think we'll find the right place for our son when the time is right!  Thanks!    Report

26/11/2007, 16:44 Lucinda Joined on 23/10/2007 Dordogne Posts 78 Re: Moving with a reluctant teen? - views welcome You're very welcome If you want to know anything about the system or my kids experiences then just ask!! It's good to share    Report

26/11/2007, 16:47 Rose Joined on 06/02/2007 Dordogne (24) Posts 853 Re: Moving with a reluctant teen? - views welcome I will take you up on that... but now I have to go and cook dinner with my young chef helper!  thanks again Lucinda!    Report

26/11/2007, 16:51 Just Katie Joined on 11/03/2006 Posts 3,764 Re: Moving with a reluctant teen? - views welcome Lucinder, I think a child of 5 will adapt easily into a foriegn school. With your 10 year old, it could have gone one way or the other.  Your investment in them was well rewarded.  However, I thought we were discussing teens here where, I think it is a HUGE gamble to put them into a French school especially a rural one at such an important time of life. I must add Lucinder, you are very pretty. The immigrant in the attic    Report

26/11/2007, 16:53 Panda Joined on 06/02/2007 Charente, Vienne, Les Arcs Posts 527 Re: Moving with a reluctant teen? - views welcome  pale pink specs wrote: Lucinda... you don't know how good it is to hear that!  Sometimes it is easy to hear just the things that go wrong... you were so right to post your story to give some balance!  We live between Bergerac and Perigueux and we have been told of a couple of good schools in Perigueux... I think we'll find the right place for our son when the time is right!  Thanks! I couldn't agree more, it is great to hear that your kids are doing so well, perhaps I shouldn't worry about it so much, my son is also doing well, getting 19's in most subjects on a regular basis and frets terribly if he thinks he hasn't taken something in well in enough so I guess he already has a good work ethic.  I too spend time working things through with him and giving him as much support are possible. Hey look we've turned this into a positive thread in the end, well done Lucinda! EDIT, you're right of course Katie, still think teens coming into a rural school generally = bad idea!    Report

26/11/2007, 16:56 Panda Joined on 06/02/2007 Charente, Vienne, Les Arcs Posts 527 Re: Moving with a reluctant teen? - views welcome  Just Katie wrote: I must add Lucinder, you are very pretty. That  makes you the Mama and OH not the Mama, you have to have watched the show from which the pic comes to know I've not gone mad!    Report

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