Although the recession has affected the numbers opting for this rite of passage, enthusiasm for taking a year out from studies to see the world prior to commencing university remains high. Typically, the year works like ...
The debate about single-sex versus co-education is never likely to be one that is finally resolved. Young people behave differently when in single-sex and mixed company and from this stems the different character and atmo...
Q. My 7 year old daughter attends an independent school and they have recommended I move her into a state school as she is struggling with her work – what do you think please? A. The most important issue is whether ...
Should I be organising more for my daughter? Will she miss out if I don’t? – these questions will cross the minds of all parents at some point – or several points – in their daughters’ lives, and when we ...
Q. Presently my two grade 11 daughters are receiving more hours of homework in grade 11 Art than they are in any other scholastic subject!They recently spent more than 24 hours on the second half of an art research assign...
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