The Free Year

Growing tired of playing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles morning after morning, I decide that it’s time my three and half year old attends pre-school, playschool, nursery, Montessori, Kindergarten, something, anything that sees me doing something other than building lairs for Master Splinter and Rat King. In early September, I had the pleasure of collecting my…

School Fees

On reflection, the single most thing I took for granted when living in Ireland was free primary and secondary education.   Yes, zilch, nada, nothing.  As an English speaking Irish person living in the Middle East with two school going children I can certify that paying for education puts a whole different tint on the things…