MSE Parents Club Part 15

redmel1621

CAFCGirl wrote: »

sweet jesus thank god thats over with..........

Are you ok:(

aless02

Oh how strange, GISI, it must've been a blip.

weezl, are you gathering everyone else's thoughts before presenting your own?

MDW, fingers crossed you...long term temp work often turns into a perm role so I hope it works out!

CAFC, hope you're feeling a little less rageful this evening.

redmel1621

Just a quickie from me on the uni fund thing.... I am hoping beyond all hope that we will be better off by the time our kids go to Uni (if they want to) and we can contribute on a regular basis, even if we don't manage to get a lump sum saved in advance.

My parents never saved anything for any of us....and I think I was the black sheep as I always got pushed to the back of the queue for anything and everything:( But never mind, it has taught me a valuable lesson in life...never rely on anyone but yourself!

BrunoM

Weezl, I don't think a changing goverment policy now is particularly likely to be an accurate representation of where higher education is in 16-18 years' time, so the current activity isn't influencing me at all.

In more general terms - saving is good, but planning to save the same amount every month for the long term might be overly pessimistic? Personally, I am not yet saving for university costs, because I am planning to have more disposable income in later life just call me the grasshopper to your ant I will probably die when winter comes.

I guess a related question to Weezl's would be, whether anyone is planning to send their kids to private education, and if so whether they are saving now, or etc?

CAFCGirl

redmel1621 wrote: »

Are you ok:(

I'm ok hun, thanks for asking. Just hit a bit of a wall today...


Aless - A little less now thanks....

aless02

BrunoM wrote: »

I guess a related question to Weezl's would be, whether anyone is planning to send their kids to private education, and if so whether they are saving now, or etc?

If we had money, I'd love to do something like Montessori or Charlotte Mason-type school. But we'll never be able to afford private schooling, so it's just a notion really.

SusanC_2

BrunoM wrote: »

I guess a related question to Weezl's would be, whether anyone is planning to send their kids to private education, and if so whether they are saving now, or etc?

I think if you need to save beforehand to send your child to a private school then you probably don't have a high enough income to afford it.

MadDogWoman_2

No private education in the MDW house, instead I researched the locals schools and based my selections on that.

redmel1621

I agree Susan, and another consideration would be that you would then have to send all subsequent children through private education....unless you are maybe doing some kind of social experiment to see the outcomeof same family children educated in different ways;)

There is no way we could afford to send 4 children to private schools, I just made sure that when we moved we chose a location with good schools:) If we moved again, I would do the same research and choose a location accordingly. In fact I was having a similar discussion in the school playgrounds...Parents of some year 5 children are currently getting extra tuition for their kids to ensure they pass the 11+ and gain entry to the local grammar school.

CAFCGirl

ok ladies listed a few bits on the fb page that i need ridding. its all a bit varied LOL polite way of saying it....