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Latest post on 03 February 2013 - 20:19
Dr Habash is lovely, but I would go to Moorfields - your child would be seen by an optometrist, an optician and and opthalmologist, covering all angles.
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Latest post on 03 February 2013 - 20:07
my colleague was told by her GP that Dr Loubser was the only allergist worth seeing, when she developed an unfortunate allergy - and she is a long way from being a child. He is both a paediatrician and an allergist, unusually.
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Latest post on 03 February 2013 - 13:59
Contracts may be unenforceable here or elsewhere for numerous different reasons (and what applies to one does not necessarily apply to another - apart from anything else contracts relating to land in any way are often treated differently to others), but their primary purpose is for the parties themselves to know what they have agreed, not for taking to court. And that is a very useful purpose. to the Alex shoes list I would have to add cleaning bannisters. I don't know if I have children with unusually sticky fingers (we do make them clean them!) or what, but my bannisters seem to be constantly not-quite-clean and my (generally very good) housemaid has a blind spot where they are concerned. I would also rather a maid drew my attention to out of date (or imminently out of date) items in the cupboards (fridge is a bit different) rather than throwing them, as so many things are 'best before', not 'poisonous after' and if you eat them a couple of days after their 1 year or so lifespan will still be fine. And if you have those horizontal a/c vents, and they are reachable, I would add dusting them; they seem to be utter dust magnets. It might count as 'general dusting' but as they are a bit out of the line of sight, I think I would add it. <em>edited by sandfly on 03/02/2013</em>
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Latest post on 03 February 2013 - 13:00
A signed private agreement still has legal value in a civil court. If you feel comfortable having something writing that you both sign do it. Nope - Labour contract with maid will take precedent. Correct. No legal value in a court here, especially without witnesses, notary public etc. Nonsense. The labour contract takes preceden[b'>ce[/b'>, yes, so you can't write anything in the private agreement which conflicts with it - but that is not what DCC is talking about. And contracts here do not need witnesses, notaries public etc to be taken into account by the courts. Who told you that? Besides which, 99.99% of all contracts never get anywhere near court; and you don't only enter into a contract because you think you might end up in court (even as a business). The fact that the parties have discussed and agreed on something, and have a written record of it, works to [b'>avoid[/b'> disputes rather than to define the terms on which they are resolved.
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Latest post on 01 February 2013 - 18:25
He must be made to pay for what he has done in some way. You know the saying - if everyone followed the rule of 'an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth' the whole world would be eyeless and toothless? I really don't believe that seeing it this way is constructive, particularly where there is a child involved so she will have a relationship of one sort or another with him for the rest of her life. She needs to look after her interests. Not to punish him, just to make sure she and her son are as ok as it is possible to be. And either to put everything into trying to work things out on the understanding that this doesn't happen again, or leave and move on - revenge is as likely to eat up the person seeking revenge as the revenged upon - another quote : "bitterness is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die".
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Latest post on 01 February 2013 - 12:03
OK perl, I would as the others advise start planning. I don't know what the cultural 'baggage' of separation is in your culture; would your family be supportive? in your shoes I would be thinking of returning to my family, in the hope of support with DS, etc, while I rebuild my life (I'm assuming you are not working here?). However, I wouldn't do it yet. First, I would suggest marriage counselling, *if* there is any realistic chance of it working - it would need both of you to be prepared to open up in front of a third party, and, to be honest, both of you to be willing to work hard at your marriage. At least then you will have given it your best shot..... Secondly - please remember, if this man is behaving like this and isn't prepared to work to keep you - he doesn't deserve you. You don't need a man to have a good life (I'm divorced, have two DC, having a lovely life (wouldn't mind working a bit less but hey you can't have everything and I do like my job) - we are stronger than we think we are :) Very best of luck.....
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Latest post on 01 February 2013 - 07:56
Perl, why would you blame anyone other than him? His new friend may have no idea he is married; and even if you were doing things which upset him, he should be discussing and working on solutions, not just trying to pack you and your DS off..... but, what good does ascribing blame actually do? Outwardly blaming him isn't going to make him more willing to work on things..... I'm sorry you are going through this. What would you like to do? Where is your family? And where are you (both) originally from (because cultural expectations are so different that it is relevant)
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Latest post on 01 February 2013 - 07:12
Ruth - you should ask for wheelchair service (don't say 'assistance', specify wheelchair), make sure it is noted on the booking; if there are any hitches (which there shouldn't be) insist on actually getting it (sit down at check in until they bring the wheelchair; tell your grandmother not to get off the plane until one is provided). The airline doesn't provide the service itself, it pays for the airport to do so; the service is available if they ask for it - what it does sometimes mean is quite a wait. Yes the services have little golf cart buggies (can be quite a wait for those too) but there are walks in between; wheelchair service is effectively door to door - and they accept that people may be able to walk, but need a wheelchair to negotiate the airport and its long corridors, jostling people, etc.
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Latest post on 29 January 2013 - 21:10
generally as I understand it, it is the *second* (or more) time that your body meets something when an allergic reaction will first show up - the first time is what sensitises your body. So do watch out if (when) he gets bitten again; don't necessarily assume that because there was no reaction this time, he is fine.
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Latest post on 29 January 2013 - 20:23
I had two sections, am fairly sure I didn't have the 6 week check the second time as had gone to the UK by that point. Anyway, there was no ultrasound involved; it was pretty much was I ok (yes), check scar (fine), advise me on contraception and do a smear test. Eminently skippable if everything is going well (IMHO) - if you've had a check by the MW and you are not worried about anything, I wouldn't bother.
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Latest post on 29 January 2013 - 17:18
I think what the companies participating in the Entertainer really want, and what the Entertainer markets to them, is that people will come and try them with an Entertainer offer and will like them so much that they go back full price. If a particular outlet is finding (or believes) that this doesn't happen (same people visit each year, only ever with Entertainer vouchers) they may not consider it to be cost effective for them to keep participating. The other thing that would put them off would be if they find they are full, and are effectively turning away full paying customers while people on Entertainer vouchers have tables. So the more popular somewhere gets, the less incentive for it to be in the Entertainer there is. Happy exploring of lots of new places :)
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Latest post on 29 January 2013 - 17:09
that was also what I was told....
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Latest post on 29 January 2013 - 17:08
stage 2 formula is largely a marketing 'gimmick', to get round the fact that in many places it is not possible to advertise milk products aimed at babies under 6 months old (so you advertise the stage 2, in a tin looking very like the stage 1.....). He would be absolutely fine in principle with a stage 1 formula (the needs do not change that much that quickly!); though I don't have specific experience of soy formula
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Latest post on 28 January 2013 - 19:59
I remember a friend's twin boys (now in their 20s, hence the low tech solution) who used to go to sleep with a tape recording of the vacuum cleaner, after she had somehow discovered they found the sound soothing!
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Latest post on 23 January 2013 - 18:34
It was Scotch Mist! have never seen it before here! it was absolutely scotch mist. anyone scottish will know what i mean! yup
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Latest post on 22 January 2013 - 22:30
I agree with death penalty, and even though i appreciate your point of view, in this case is it not redundant in the sense that this is not her country and she made the informed decision to go there? As I said before I totally understand your reasoning, but unless you know 100% why she did it then how can you judge? I have said myself that you knew the laws so stupid you! Not disagreeing with that, I am disagreeing with the death penalty no matter where it is! Buttercup, I agree with you. And Maroosh's confidence assumes a level of perfection within the justice system that is not possible for a 'system' involving human beings. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Bentley_case'>remember this one?[/url'>
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Latest post on 22 January 2013 - 18:39
if you are looking on EW it would be here [url=http://www.expatwoman.com/dubai/monthly_jobs.aspx '>link[/url'>not in the classified
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Latest post on 22 January 2013 - 18:37
Oh Busybee that must have been so hard. Like DB I lost my first pregnancy, to a 'missed miscarriage', and had a D&C rather than wait for my body to get round to completing the miscarriage. You are right, there are no words. Also like DB, though, I was pregnant again within weeks - not sure of the exact number of weeks, but I had one normal period between pregnancies so obviously not long. I had the D&C outside Dubai and didn't really see anyone for any follow up; the next time I was at the doctor's was to confirm pregnancy. That was me and my situation though; I wouldn't want to guess as to whether that is appropriate in any other case. Anyway, the very best of luck; I hope you have your own little bundle of joy very soon xx
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Latest post on 20 January 2013 - 16:22
that might be the package for the position including accomodation (don't know) but I very much doubt it includes the number for schooling; I would expect school fees and medical to be on top (I think the way they do school fees makes it too difficult to put a number in the package, it is 100% of this and 95% of that and who knows what; and the this and that in a specific situation will depend on the school. I would be inclined to think your 35K and Cherry Ripe's 20K are actually pretty close to each other, with the accomodation being treated as worth about 15K. But you would obviously have to ask...
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Latest post on 19 January 2013 - 11:15
Mau, I think the reaction you have is down to apparently seeing the cat as disposable, which does bother people - there are so many unwanted cats here. You asked, as though expecting only answers agreeing with you, whether others would take 'the risk'. I just wanted to tell you that I did.. I have, not entirely intentionally, a cat who for the first 8 years of his life was encouraged to play fairly roughly, and who has had tail injuries that leave him very sensitive to anyone going near his tail. When he came to us I had a toddler and a 5 month old. They are now 5 and 6 - when small, we kept them and the cat apart for the sake of both; as they got bigger, they have had the odd scratch, but cats don't stick around and savage, and the child gets the message. They were both distraught when they thought the cat had disappeared. So yes I took 'the risk' of keeping the cat, but took steps to avoid it being an issue.
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Latest post on 16 January 2013 - 10:00
another interesting comment "The standard & quality of education in majority of schools in Dubai is far below average compared to same grade in other third world countries. "Other" third world countries? Is the UAE a third world country now? o.O I'm expecting my first child in about 10 days. (aaah!) My husband and I have a tentative "Dubai deadline" about 4 years from now, when it's time for this baby to go to school. I have worked in a school here, an expensive British one, and if I was forced to enroll my child there I would feel like I had to spend an additional 2-3 hours a day teaching him all the things the school doesn't. I would consider extending our stay through his first years of primary school, but longer than that... No. Unless something changes drastically in the school system here, my opinion of them will remain very low. As for teenagers/high school, on top of academic reasons I strongly feel (and I'm sure many will disagree with me here and that's fine) that there are certain things a teenager should be able to experience without it being illegal and potentially endangering their parents' jobs or even their continued stay in the country... Technically speaking, Dubai is third world. What technical aspects are you referring to? Have you actually lived in a third world country to be able to make that statement? Technically, it isn't, it is first world. Technically, however, Switzerland is third world (I know this is wikipedia but it seems to be supported by other sources) - and the definition and use of the term have clearly parted ways: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_World (to be fair the UAE is classified as a 'developing economy' by the IMF, which more closely reflects the current usage of the term) <em>edited by sandfly on 16/01/2013</em>
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Latest post on 15 January 2013 - 16:51
what a strange assumption, Ruth, that doctors who want to learn therefore work in teaching hospitals. Are you aware that teaching hospitals are called that because they teach medical students, not because the doctors working there are 'taught' any more than any other sort of doctor? You would have a higher proportion of doctors interested in *research* (eg, a consultant who has a half-consultant, half-research position) but that doesn't necessarily mean they are somehow 'better' doctors, or that they spend more time 'learning' anything outwith their narrow research topic than their colleagues. One of the most academically succesful doctors in Dubai isn't terribly popular on this board (a fetal medicine specialist....) as his scientific skills are not quite matched by his bedside manner. What is best for one person, or one issue, isn't necessarily best for somebody else or for a different problem - the best opthalmologist for me isn't the best opthalmologist for my 6 year old. And fortunately for the greater good, many of the truly best NHS doctors don't see private patients - those who do have private practices are likely to have more of an interest in enhancing their public profiles, though....;)
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Latest post on 14 January 2013 - 22:10
I don't head straight for the doctor either Pipititimous. Obviously if the fever was very high and/or they were very distressed I'd take them in but otherwise not. I don't give paracetamol for a fever either unless they are miserable with it. [b'>The fever has a job to do so when possible I don't treat it.[/b'> Totally agree. I'd only treat it if it's going over 38... and thanks orangeblossom and long, I've also heard about Dr. Ahmed from a friend and will try him next time! I don't think there's any particular reason to worry about it at 38, really; see eg http://children.webmd.com/tc/fever-age-4-and-older-topic-overview
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Latest post on 14 January 2013 - 21:24
SunDevil, surely US cars would be specced to cope with heat anyway? whereas European cars probably wouldn't (even in the hot bits of Europe it doesn't get as hot as the hot bits of the US) -maybe the difference relates to where you are importing from?
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Latest post on 14 January 2013 - 18:08
4-5 days? If you do that here you could have very sick kids, I would never leave a child fevering that long without taking them to the doctor. This is not the UK, many find their children far sicker here than in their home countries. Hmm I think as a mother you know if they are or are becoming very sick. I don't tend to worry too much about a fever on its own, and can't imagine taking them to the doctor just because they have a fever - but I don't think either of mine has ever had a fever that has lasted 4 days even with other symptoms (have lived in Dubai all their lives). Basically I have the same approach as Daza - if they were really burning up or I felt they were not right I would take them in; would give calpol if they are in pain or whatever but not just to get the fever down.
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Latest post on 14 January 2013 - 16:07
My youngest has never had antibiotics that I can recall and my elder one did, but becasue of very severe tonsillitis that culminated in her getting them removed. I'm with desert rose on this one! Motherhood is way too complicated now! I didn't even know anyone goes to a paediatrician for this kind of thing anyway...why not just use a GP? And only then if necessary; my DD hasn't been to the doctor for years though. I'm pretty sure every mum on this forum only takes her child to a doctor if it's necessary :) it's hardly a lot of fun :) To be fair some mothers are more anxious than others, and their threshhold for taking child to a doctor (of whatever nature) is different. Nobody would go if they didn't think it necessary, but what they think necessary may not be the same. The paediatrician thing is normal in some places with very commercialised medicine, eg the US - a child would have a paed instead of a GP. People probably follow what they are used to.
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Latest post on 14 January 2013 - 16:04
I don't think over-use of antibiotics is peculiar to here - I was sometimes amazed by mums in the UK who seemed so aufait with various different drugs - discussions about this antibiotic or that, even knowing them by name !! I can't remember either of my two ever having any, fortunately but I don't know if it's the GP's being too quick to prescribe or the mums being too insistent... My kids are 4 and 3 and only one has had antibiotics ( only once). They have lived in the UK for most of their lives.... I think it is more to do with mums being too insistent. I would only go to doctors if the fever last longer than 4-5 days or if paracetamol/ ibrufen does not seem work. the one and only time I sent DS to the GP with (now ex-)DH, he came back saying it was bronchiolitis, here were the antibiotics. I asked what on earth we needed antibiotics for if it was bronchiolitis, which is usually viral, and he didn't seem to know - and he was a medical professional (dentist) for goodness sake. Anyway I contacted the doctor, who said he wouldn't give antibiotics yet if it was his child, but if it were going to get worse it might be in the middle of the night, blah blah - so we agreed that I would hang on to the antibiotics and only give them if I felt it was necessary. Which it wasn't. But, in support of the doctors, there are a lot of mothers who expect antibiotics, and if they don't get it from the doctor they will buy less appropriate ones over the counter, not take properly, etc (I do know people who have done that) - the doctors can't win. On the other hand, my ex-MIL is now 88 and took her first ever antibiotics within the last couple of years (in the UK, so not because of particuarly cautious prescribing habits!), it still happens.
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Latest post on 04 January 2013 - 01:13
The OP is talking about moving *back* to the UK, I'm sure she knows what the weather is like. And she is going to the south of England which doesn't have quite the day length issue that Scotland has. I don't know where your 8 hours etc apply to, but the UK doesn't have consistent day lengths throughout. It also doesn't have consistent droughts etc throughout, there can be floods in one part when there are hosepipe bans in another. I lived in the UK for over 30 years; I go back to the UK reasonably frequently. I like the UK. I don't like the weather; I didn't like the weather when I lived there. You do like the weather. Why are you suggesting that because I don't like the same things you do, I have to be 'exaggerating'?
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Latest post on 03 January 2013 - 23:43
No, dinks, there isn't a permanent cloud, but there are a lot of grey days and a lot of wet ones (obviously partly depending on which part of the UK) - I remember lots of lovely long sunny days in the run up to exams each year.... My problem was the winter, when you are quite likely to be going to work in the dark and/or coming home in the dark, and no guarantee of any sunny days at the weekend. People need sunlight.... Just before I left for Dubai many years ago there were a few of those beautiful crisp sunny days in spring, when it seems like the whole world has been cleaned and the countryside is beautiful - and I wondered what on earth I was doing - there is some lovely weather; there just isn't enough of it. (was home over Christmas. If there had been lovely Christmas card picture days with snow and sun I might be feeling differently, though the days would still have been short, but it was just wet, wet, wet, and cold)
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Latest post on 03 January 2013 - 22:38
We are all quite excited except for DH who is a little worried about coping with the endless grey days ! Its only people who don't live in the UK that go on about endless grey sky's. Nope, I moaned about endless grey skies when I lived in England. so did I (re both England and Scotland) :)
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Latest post on 09 July 2012 - 13:50
I breastfed both of mine in coffee shops etc... without using covers etc which seem to me to make it more obvious what you are doing, not less. Never even had a funny look let alone a complaint - and really wouldn't have fancied hiding away in a nursing room.
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Latest post on 04 June 2012 - 21:01
Yep, just that much, that you saw. One sent me a message saying they can't believe I am going through the trouble, to cook and bake for this occasion!:\: they don't join in what their schools are doing then? ignore, ignore, ignore.
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Latest post on 04 June 2012 - 20:56
Just read on DM poor Prince Philip in hospital with an infection today, probably caught a chill standing in that miserable weather. also on bbc. He must be feeling bad, not to be sharing all of the celebrations with her. And she will be worrying about him instead of enjoying them. Apparently it's a bladder infection.
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Latest post on 04 June 2012 - 20:55
This thread has taken an interesting turn. Last night a couple British friends and family, deleted me off Facebook, cause I was in a celebratory mood. They had status updates like how ridiculous it was for the tax payers to be paying £900 for the event. It's interesting to hear the other side as well. edited by Irooni on 04/06/2012 ??? you didn't even say that much on FB unless you deleted it all?? weird
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Latest post on 04 June 2012 - 20:23
If only the poverty [b'>were[/b'> abstract.. :) I can tell you, I've been on the sharp side of the NHS this year and it is by no means what it used to be. Unless you're a dire emergency, and even then.. I took my friend to A&E on Friday, she was seen as soon as we walked in, bloods, x-ray all done in 2 hours. The hospital was spotless honestly it was nicer than Bupa. have taken both DD and DS to A&E in the UK within last 5 years; one experience was like that; the other one (other end of the country) was not. It's variable.....
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Latest post on 04 June 2012 - 13:26
sort of related question - how much of a difference does the colour of the car actually make to the inside temperature? I appreciate the theory behind the idea of the light colour, but wondered if anyone has actually had both and noticed a difference.
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Latest post on 04 June 2012 - 13:23
I wish there was more homework! My kids haven't really been pushed enough in that regard and will only do as much as they have to do. So I can't agree with that comment where the primary school is concerned. Just for interest, have a look at http://www.slate.com/articles/life/family/2006/09/forget_homework.html and see what you think.
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Latest post on 03 June 2012 - 16:19
am no expert but it's my understanding that Arabs think about this differently - they have the mentality that "what will be will be", so if G0d says it's time for the baby to fly through the windscreen then sobeit...i believe that's the reason they give..but the antedote to that is that just because you put your faith in your god you should still take steps to prevent these things from happening if you can..there's a story about a tiger that i can't remember but explains it better than i can... 'Trust in God but tie up your camel' :) Have also had local ladies tell me that the car seat is bad for the backs of small babies, and that small babies should always be held, not fastened into a seat by themselves. I wonder if what isn't quite there is the understanding that you can't hold on to them in a crash no matter how hard you try
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Latest post on 03 June 2012 - 13:43
Actually humans are not designed to eat meat we are more suited to a vegetarian diet. Designed to be omniverous surely - eating meat occasionally (that is what we have canine teeth for...) but not every day. Though what we evolved to eat and what we eat now are pretty different!
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Latest post on 03 June 2012 - 13:40
maybe it depends where you live/shop.... have very rarely come across rudeness in supermarkets either from staff or shoppers, but also never seen the designer mums doing the school run that people talk about on here; maybe the People's Republic of Mirdiff is just different :)
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Latest post on 27 May 2012 - 21:20
I understand your point Angela. I am really not trying to make professors at this age. I may come across as this mother who is constantly pushing her children and only accepts high achievements. However all I am really trying to do is ease their load my helping them understand the subjects and concepts better. If they come out with low grades at the end of the year, it's only going to mean they will have lower understanding of what's coming up next year and in turn they will grasp new information harder. I'm not sure that is right in terms of affecting revision. I think whether they have grasped concepts as they went along definitely [b'>is[/b'> important - but when you frantically 'revise' for exams, that is more focussed on the short term (I can't be the only person who forgot what I had 'revised' for exams as soon as the exams were over??). And surely the grade is just a number. Does it actually affect anything for them in terms of next year? I would really not be happy to think that anything affecting DD or DS next year were to be decided based on how they do in a test now.... the teachers they have had all year ought to know them and their capabilities and be able to take decisions on that basis not on how they perform on a particular day. I know your DD is a little older but she's still very young..... there is plenty of time for exam stress in secondary school!
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Latest post on 26 May 2012 - 22:25
Ruth I think chocs was referring to Goldeelocks' post not yours.... (though I suspect Goldeelocks was just trying to be provocative!)
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Latest post on 18 May 2012 - 22:41
edna, I agreed with you on the homeopathy - but frankly now you are talking twaddle. As others are saying, a lot of it is due to mismatched messages between eyes and inner ears. The placebo effect, whether of pills, injections or rubber straps is a fascinating one, but certainly doesn't mean that whatever is being treated is purely psychological - it is certainly possible that belief that something would help would relieve sickness symptoms, but no matter how popular they were; intriguingly the body will actually show diminished observable physical symptoms after a placebo treatment (and the effects are greater for a placebo vaccination than for a pill!!) For sadubai - how else would you establish whether something works, rather than the 'double blind' study with a sufficient sample size? that surely has to be the best way of checking something out? but as far as I know there is no such study which proves the efficacy of any homeopathic drug.
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Latest post on 11 May 2012 - 14:05
mine were there for 2 years, and I was very happy. I see you have 2 posts on here.... which nursery is it that you own?
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Latest post on 10 May 2012 - 23:19
was very happy with Emirates British Nursery :)
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Latest post on 10 May 2012 - 21:58
Oh Nomad, that is a long way. Holding you and your mum, and DC and her dad, and NIP and her mum, all in the Light
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Latest post on 10 May 2012 - 21:37
Hello ladies, I need to go to a meeting at Dnata Travel Centre on Shekh Zayed Road next week and I am not quite sure how to get there...Can anyone give me directions if I am coming from the airport side? P.S. I did ask the person I am meeting for directions however they have only been in Dubai for a couple of weeks so they are more lost than me :( TIA! :) Lost as always you need to go down the SZR to the Safa Park intersection (main intersection after the first SALIK thing, if you are coming from the airport/trade centre). You would see the dnata travel centre and Metropolitan Hotel if they haven't demolished it yet on your left. You need to basically do a u turn at that intersection - I *think* there is a sign for dnata; otherwise I suppose the initial signs would be for business bay bridge, something like that, then SZR Northbound. As you come back down on to SZR, you need to be ready to turn right pretty soon, just after the Metropolitan, and you will find in front of you a dnata building and an emirates one. There is parking at the back. hope that helps.
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Latest post on 09 May 2012 - 20:38
Irooni, I can't remember when I started, but I remember you (under your previous name - naughty! what did you do?) as a poster when you must have been pretty new, dying to get to Dubai from Bahrain (bet you're even more glad you did now....)!
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Latest post on 09 May 2012 - 20:23
very best wishes, DC x
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Latest post on 09 May 2012 - 20:22
incidentally, I'm not sure that it is written in stone anywhere that 'more specialised' is necessarily 'better'. You would have reached a higher level in the particular subjects - which is obviously good when you have certain careers or further studies in mind - but you would presumably miss out a bit on the breadth of education? I noticed in France that my fellow students, no matter what they were studying, seemed to have to take a foreign language, even past high school (was dating someone in chef college, for example - they had to study either English or Spanish as well as all the cooking subjects). Maybe that leaves less time for the core subjects, but it adds to the overall education. Maybe which system is better is very much dependent on the child and what the child aims to do after school?
 
 
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