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05/05/2008, 20:35 Ginger Joined on 04/05/2008 Posts 11 Re: Do your kids enjoy school? I'm basing my information on the fact that I was at school then, well the 60s at least. I wish my children got the chance to study domestic science, needlework and woodwork still, there's a surfing option in the bac now so who knows what will be next!    Report

05/05/2008, 21:54 Russethouse Joined on 23/08/2004 Forum Moderator Posts 9,937 Re: Do your kids enjoy school? Are your children of bac age, Ginger ? www.quimperclub.org 99    Report

06/05/2008, 8:16 Cat Joined on 21/01/2005 ------- Forum Moderator ------- Lot Posts 3,192 Re: Do your kids enjoy school? A surfing bac, really?  I wonder who dreamt that one up, not much use to the majority of kids looking for employment later, but a good way to keep them in education a bit longer I suppose.  Was that specific to your area Ginger? Cathy Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...    Report

06/05/2008, 20:51 Ginger Joined on 04/05/2008 Posts 11 Re: Do your kids enjoy school? I read about it in the papers. It's specific to Bordeaux/Atlantic area. Goodness only knows what good it does you in the future unless you want to teach surfing. It gets more like the UK every day!    Report

06/05/2008, 20:52 Ginger Joined on 04/05/2008 Posts 11 Re: Do your kids enjoy school?  Russethouse wrote: Are your children of bac age, Ginger ? No, they have a couple of years to go yet.    Report

06/05/2008, 21:59 J.R's gone native Joined on 16/07/2006 Picardie, Sussex Posts 1,943 Re: Do your kids enjoy school? Surfing the net perhaps? Plenty of people get paid a living (I cant say earn) doing just that judging by some of the employed(?) contributors on this and other forums    Report

08/05/2008, 21:48 Ginger Joined on 04/05/2008 Posts 11 Re: Do your kids enjoy school? Not sure I understood your post JR    Report

10/05/2008, 1:38 Stefan Joined on 23/08/2004 Posts 161 Re: Do your kids enjoy school? Catherine To answer your question  - "Do your kids enjoy school?", and ignoring arguements about which system is best, we moved to France 6 years ago and after a year of rental settled in the Ariege.  Initially they were in the local village school.  The standard of education in village schools is sound, the head teacher was excellent, but there are no "bells and whistles", they get a solid basic education that anyone going through the UK system in the 60's and early 70's would recognise.  The eldest got advanced a year and they are now in school/college in the local town, enjoy school, and have never expressed a desire to return to the UK.... I hope this helps.          Report

10/05/2008, 7:57 Frenchie Joined on 31/05/2007 2 Sèvres,79 Posts 4,112 Re: Do your kids enjoy school? Wel , well; I read this thread with interest since I am French and I am a teacher, and the only thing  I'd like to say is " beware of generalizations"..  In either way.. I agree that art and theatre etc, should be more present in French schools, but many schools , even in rural areas, offer creative options to children. I teach in a high school, we have a theatre club, dance clubs, etc.. All foreign teenagers are offered French classes, I know, I have one student from Chile, one from Afghanistan, and they have really improved their French thanks to it. I'm sorry but French learning is not all about regurgitating !!!!! We value reflexion, analysis, expression of personal opinion, in many topics!!!!!! I m thinking of philosophy, history, geography, languages, French... No rose tinted specs here, I know the system has its faults, but I am a bit fed up with the " all pessimistic view "  ... I teach in BTS NRC ( Negociation/ Relation Client)  and most of my students immediately get a job after they ve graduated. I must add that, even if I live in a medium sized town , I live in a rural department, and many of our students come from rural villages.     Happy    Report

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