Originally Posted by Buchan6

Canada, is like I remember growing up in the 70's in Northern England............except theres no white dog sh*t !!!

never see that anymore here, very odd, plenty of nice steaming fresh stuff though to keep you going.

We've experienced similar and also kids telling off other children for swearing !

like the sound of that, manners, hmm vaguley remembered in some parts of the UK, espcially my house where i am considered strict for ensuring my daughter says please and thank you. go figure.

Also its a generalism but a lot of posters here have been critical of the educational system here. Our kids are due to start Kinder in September. We couldnt tell you when as any request for info at school has been met with "We'll post you" etc type responses. The complete opposite behaviour as was experienced when my daughter started nursery / primary in England.

Originally Posted by rae

the teachers i spoke to with an average class size of 18 could not believe my daughters was 31(breaking government pledge, surprised). maybe the adverse press you are seeing is due to high standards dropping?, either way still be light years ahead of here.