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Latest post on 15 December 2013 - 13:44

That is unfortunate that you seem to be having issues with the school. My daughter has been in DAA since KG1 and is now in Grade 5. We have always been happy with the school and especially the teachers. The teaching assistants have not always been the greatest though. In all honesty, one of the main reasons for my daughter continuing in DAA is because of the wonderful teachers who she genuinely adores and makes it a point to go and see all of her teachers through the years everyday! I think you may have been unlucky with both the Teacher and TA. Are they new to DAA by any chance? Making derogatory comments about a 4 year olds work is uncalled for and must be stopped immediately. I would suggest meeting with the Elementary Principal to address your concerns. If you feel like the situation has not been resolved, I would then suggest asking them to change classes. This can be done even at this stage. Re the Home Room mom, I guess that has more to do with her as a person than the school. How sad that she doesnt seem to have any manners! Don't try too hard with her, not worth the effort. If you interact with the older children you will see that they do lay emphasis on values and manners. I have had children from the Middle and High School open doors for me and greet me even when I am there just to pay the fees. There have been a couple of issues that involved my daughter and friends/classmates and it was handled wonderfully by the counsellor who went to the extent of not only resolving the conflict and sending me regular updates but enabling the girls to rebuilld their frienship and they have been inseparable for the last 2 years. Please do not think that I am making light of a clearly stressful situation. There is nothing worse that having your little one be unhappy at school... it makes you feel so helpless. Please do speak to the Principal and I am postive this will all be resolved. Good luck! <em>edited by Divazon on 15/12/2013</em>

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Latest post on 24 November 2013 - 16:21

As a property owner who has recently sold a property, let me share my experience. Our house was bought by a 'cash buyer' who turned out to be the owner of a real estate company. He flipped the property in a matter of 2 weeks adding a 100k mark up. The house was eventually bought by an 'end user' who once the transaction and mortgage was complete realized it makes no financial sense for him to actually live in the property and is now trying to rent the property out. Unfortunately the rent will not cover his mortgage. In addition to the 4% transfer fee and his 20 year mortgage he is now bitterly regretting his decision as the add ons were much higher than expected. He also had to repaint the whole place and do minor touch ups and is completely out of pocket.I feel awful but people really need to do their homework. When you are buying a 10 year old property, what do you expect? We got in at the start and as the properties get older decided it was time to get out. Sadly, the wear and tear on the houses is more than obvious and I dont think they will be able to last another 10 years without major work/repairs. Good luck to all getting into the real estate market at this stage. Does anyone remember how the Springs was sold as a 'gated community' but few years in they decided to build a major highway through the community and the owners did not have a say? .

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