Hehehe Kay, what about little suns and moons and stars in bright primary colours all over the wallpaper?
[specool]

Celivia

How cute!
Reminds me of those little coloured plastic legs, arms, faces we used to play with as kids- those thingies which you could stick into potatoes to create little potato-people.
Anyone else played with that?

Celivia

It sounds like you believe that every child comes into the world like a blanc sheet of paper (how’s that in Latin again ?)

Oh I remember now I read this over. What I meant was to say was “tabula rasa”.
Just wanted to check your latin skills, Marc )
Nah just joking.

That’s terrible, Kay, about your friend’s sister. Unfortunately, this happens…[Read more]

Hehe very funny, Kay!)
Soon, Sic faciunt omnes.

Marc, I enjoy seeing your POV, but I have to disagree with you when you say:

Any kid possessing all his thinking faculties intact, can be in theory be tought to become any profession you like. You cannot make him brilliant, but you can make him a functional doctor, solicitor, dentist, vet,…[Read more]

I’d love to go, but I’m not 100% sure yet if I can. Who else is going to the Sydney venue?
Are you going, Kay?

Celivia

I recently went into a Real Estate Agentcy and enquired about a house & land package, where the house will be biult soon on the block! ” So it’s buying of the plan really” – at this stage. Though the house will be going ahead and built soon anyway.

The agent said it deppends on your Budget as to how much the property will be?

Funny, Jaffa!
Would…[Read more]

I had the same problem; the page came up unavailable, and the email I sent was undeliverable.

Celivia

Marc, you said:
The difference between private schools and public schools is the human factor, teachers and students.

Can you explain what you mean, Marc, by the human factor difference?

So the debate is not about public or private, but about who the parents and teachers are.

Who are the parents and teachers, Marc? Maybe I understand better…[Read more]

Regular donations to Cancer Council Reasearch, Children’s hospital, WSPA, RSPCA, Greenpeace.
But also, like Aussierogue, I give to street appeals and whenever charities knock on my door.

Celivia

I don’t get it![blink]

Hehe (just joking)[biggrin]

Celivia

Interesting conversation since I last checked!
I still have to make some replies to some of you:

Monopoly, you asked:

Define “different” [blink] ??? Smaller class sizes??? Teachers who were happy to settle for lower paid (public school) wages??? What??? This is a very blanket statement. As a parent, I want to know what “different choices” my…[Read more]

G7, what do you mean by:
Must be one of Jenman’s tricks…?

What do you think Jenman has to do with this? And what is the trick?

Celivia

Originally posted by Monopoly:

Quote:

…just because funding is no longer required in one area, does not necessarily mean it will be allocated back into a similar one!!! I’m sure our politicians will conjure up some ridiculous justification for spending it some less deserving venture!!!

Well, the overall amount of students requiring…[Read more]

Hehehe Kay, I did just that!
You bet it’s fun if your parents send you to a school “sight” unseen- nothing to see if there’s so much open air hehe.
Good enough excuse to have turned out like a sometimes [blank] usually [mad] occasionally [devilish] woman!

Celivia

Hehe I really enjoyed reading that article, aussie; I only discovered it today.

I would, ideally, like to see all private schools be made redundant.
All funds set aside for the pampering of private schools could then be redirected into public education.
This should benefit the whole public education system and make private schools superfluous…[Read more]

Eeew, footprints everywhere? Catpaw prints (even elephant footprints?) awwww, cute, but no thanks!

I think I lost interest in that designcrete already!

Celivia

My favourite floor covering is floorboards or parquet.

We also have floorboards upstairs, Wallflower, and I know all about elephant herds hehe.[drummer]
Luckily, when the kids turn into teenagers, it’s likely the elephants turn nocturnal and spend Sundays in bed most time of the day [sleepyanim] hehe.

A while ago, I was looking into Designcrete…[Read more]

Hotrod, you said:
Boy, is he gonna be pissed in 3 years when I kick my heals up and play more golf than him!!!!

There’s nothing wrong with being proud of your achievements, but it sounds like you are extolling your dad’s struggle in his retirement. [glum2]
I hope I’m wrong!
Parents often give up so much for their children. They deserve all the…[Read more]

OK, I don’t have the intention of tormenting people, like somebody you might remember [biggrin] in the past on these boards did who had an ongoing definition-debate (I think it was of banks in this case) hehe…but I always thought the definition of Retirement was closest to this one I found:
Withdrawal from one’s occupation, business, or office.…[Read more]

It is not clear to me what people on here mean when they say they are or are going to retire.

To me retirement means to stop working, live on income from your retirement fund, or other income put aside for your retirement, and never work again for income.
Retirement means to do the things you like, such as travel, spending your day relaxing,…[Read more]