Every day is a learning experience

Parenting can be most confused state in one’s life. I have been in that whirlpool  myself several times. Then at some point I realised I would take note of them so that I may not repeat or might learn something out of it over time. I brought my girls along with me because all I wanted was best and nothing less for them. I have this strong notion of building foundation right for better future. I believe Australia is most family friendly and child prioritised country. So I couldn’t have asked for more for my girls when I got this opportunity to come here to study.. However, when I joined Uni, all I wanted to do was concentrate on my study and fetch good marks to send back to my sponsor, in my desire to pay back, making my scholarship worth. That was how focus shifted on myself. Then I started feeling guilty for not committing enough time for my girls and aid in their everyday learning. There was this tug of war in my mind between girls and my study. At one point I would rea...

When we get to study in another country we also get exposure to different system. In this small post, I am going to share on my observation on the Queensland education system from what I have observed. I am not reading or putting in any extra effort to find out more rather just jotting down my own observation as I send my daughter to school every day. The first step to school always begins with admission. Initially I went to seek admission in a different school which seem little closer to our place than my daughter’s current school owing to a huge traffic we have in between our house and the latter. However, it is not how it works here. We fall under her current School’s area and that is it. We do not have to request for the seat or we do not have to say which standard our child sits in. System is there and it’s crystal clear. Any school going kid should get admission in the school falling under the suburb you live in known as catchment area. A child is put in the standard a...