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26/11/2007, 16:57 Lucinda Joined on 23/10/2007 Dordogne Posts 78 Re: Moving with a reluctant teen? - views welcome  Just Katie wrote: I must add Lucinder, you are very pretty.   Aren't I just!!!!!    Report

26/11/2007, 16:59 Lucinda Joined on 23/10/2007 Dordogne Posts 78 Re: Moving with a reluctant teen? - views welcome  Panda wrote:  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! Dinosaurs!!! Well that's what kids think us parents are!!!!    Report

26/11/2007, 16:59 Sigognac Joined on 23/11/2007 Saujon (Charente-Maritime) Posts 15 Re: Moving with a reluctant teen? - views welcome And if... changing school was in fact a good thing, that stings the kids into action? Food for thoughts, no? As for small rural schools, there seems to be a lot people actually moving to the country to put their kids there.    Report

26/11/2007, 17:06 Panda Joined on 06/02/2007 Charente, Vienne, Les Arcs Posts 527 Re: Moving with a reluctant teen? - views welcome  Sigognac wrote: As for small rural schools, there seems to be a lot people actually moving to the country to put their kids there. And for primary I think it's not a bad idea, for secondary though I'm not so sure..  when there is no work in the area and little hope of securing a job I feel aspirations drop down to what is achievable, so in this area that means postie  or...    Report

26/11/2007, 17:11 woolybanana Joined on 27/08/2007 Posts 1,575 Re: Moving with a reluctant teen? - views welcome Right Panda. Some of the rural colleges are rubbish and the Lycées not much better which is why so many rural kids have to board. Here they go as far as Nantes even. http://www.amazon.fr/Accepter-son-corps-saimer-François/dp/2738121748/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1227267136&sr=1-1    Report

26/11/2007, 17:21 Sigognac Joined on 23/11/2007 Saujon (Charente-Maritime) Posts 15 Re: Moving with a reluctant teen? - views welcome True, but with the price of real estates going through the roof in major cities, there seems to be a large influx of people from the cities to the more rural areas (in fact I was having this discussion with a local official - a notable " src="/cs/images/emotions/w00t.gif"> - a few weeks ago, who confirmed "l'exode rural à l'envers". Therefore this is changing the population mix quite a lot.    Report

26/11/2007, 17:27 Panda Joined on 06/02/2007 Charente, Vienne, Les Arcs Posts 527 Re: Moving with a reluctant teen? - views welcome But there's still no work, true this may improve the mix of kids but does nothing for their prospects and therefore theirs and their teachers expectations of life outside school. EDIt : prices are supposed to be on a general decline also across the board    Report

26/11/2007, 18:24 Sigognac Joined on 23/11/2007 Saujon (Charente-Maritime) Posts 15 Re: Moving with a reluctant teen? - views welcome  Panda wrote: But there's still no work, true this may improve the mix of kids but does nothing for their prospects and therefore theirs and their teachers expectations of life outside school. We must agree to disagree, there are more and more people, therefore more and more diversity. Teleworking/sohos are also revolutionising the way people work. I know quite a few relatively remote villages around here where once upon a time nobody who have even thought about settling in, which are now turned into building sites. But then, as Clinton said "What is your definition of remote?".  Panda wrote: But there's still no work, true this may improve the mix of kids but does nothing for their prospects and therefore theirs and their teachers expectations of life outside school. EDIt : prices are supposed to be on a general decline also across the board At this time of year prices always come down, but there is still an acute shortage of affordable homes, the only homes that are affordable are away from the major centres, therefore...    Report

26/11/2007, 19:31 Jura Joined on 28/11/2005 Posts 807 Re: Moving with a reluctant teen? - views welcome BP I have to say this re: your post from the 24th; all local rural types we know tend to have a rather 'low' opinion of Parisian's at any rate. And we are as far removed from Paris as you can be in France. Not sure why though,  I always thought that 'liberte, egalite, fraternite' existed amongst all the French. Obviously not; so why should those same folk be entirely 'welcoming' to us newcomers?. The locals have, yes; the local education administration, though, were not. And this is why I say to the OP Di; if it ain't broke don't try and fix it.  If she's happy where she is then leave her there. France does not suit everyone, and there is no rule that it should/must, and I stand by that. At least you have some facts now as to 'for' and 'against'.      Report

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