Private vs Public

10/2/2012

Good Morning everybody and how are you today?


Firstly before I fill you in on what has been happening I must apologise for not stopping and chatting.
Ok so the first week of school has come and gone, and the kids are loving it.  We are able to walk to and from school, they have made great friends and have settled in.  Carissa is having a friend over on Friday after school and she is very excited, Oscar is asking if he can have friends over as well which is great.   Oscar starts his new sport tonight - BMX bikes riding, now I am not going to lie I did have a few concerns about him doing it, being that he is so little and that he has trouble riding a bike because of his co-ordination issues but he went and had a go a week ago and under his helmet he was grinning from ear to ear. Now it wasn't the best day for him to have a go being that it was 40C ( 104F) and he had also done a 7Km ( 4 miles and 615 yard) bike ride with Darren that morning so he was a bit tired!!!

Carrissa is upset because she hasn't found a sport that she wants to do, she does not want to do Dance, Cheerleading, Gymnastics, Tennis, Softball, Soccer, Netball, Basketball, Badminton, Squash, Baseball.  So as you can see the list is long and I am running out of things to suggest, I did think about Karate but that was turned down.  She did ask what sports I did as a child and well my list is about as long as her rejected list so here goes I did Gymnastics, Netball, Horse Riding, Tennis, Badminton, Indoor Cricket, I also did Rollerskating for fun, rode my bike and swimming.  I know she wants to play T-Ball but the season is over so it is now something that can be done until that season starts up again.  I think she would be good at Netball being that she is small, I also thought that about Gymnastics but she quit after her friend came late and wasn't there to start with her.

So do any of you my lovely friends have any suggestions?


As most of you know the kids came from a private school and are now going to a public school, I have to admit I did have some fears about it which is odd considering Darren and I both attended public schools and did well out of it.
Now in the first week it was bought to my attention that Oscar was not where he was supposed to be in some areas of his Education, I was no I still am very very angry at the fact that A: Even though he was in a private school they didn't organise the extra help for him.  Before you all say well you are his Mum you should have organised it with the amount I was paying in fees, I would expect that there would be the extra help there and available without me having to jump up and demand it.  B: What was I actually paying for?
 Looking back I could see that the kids were not happy and maybe we should have done this move earlier and Oscar Dyslexia would have been picked up earlier, Carrissa's medical condition may not have been bought on more by the stress she felt through the fear of not being able to perform or the the person that bullied her.

I am not saying that Public are better than Private or vice versa because they both have outstanding qualities, I made the mistake of being stubborn and not moving earlier because I didn't want to disrupt the kids.  Hindsight is 20/20, and there are so many shoulda woulda questions.
But right now the kids are happy, Oscar is getting the help he needs and for that I am thankful. Carissa is happy to do her homework and so is Oscar - at their other school it was a battle to get them to do it.

Ok I must go as I have to organise my pantry because well I can't find a thing and it is driving me nuts.

Toodles Kylie XXXXX