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British Expats (https://britishexpats.com/forum/)

- Canada (https://britishexpats.com/forum/canada-56/)

- - Seriously Thinking of Canada (https://britishexpats.com/forum/canada-56/seriously-thinking-canada-787456/)

Oink	Feb 15th 2013 2:26 am

Re: Seriously Thinking of Canada

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Originally Posted by Almost Canadian (Post 10547458)

Did you receive your education in Europe and, if so, did it give you academic focus and "sophistication"?

I was talking to a grade six teacher the other day who insisted, quite vociferously, that Fiji was in the Caribbean. :blink:

Yorkiechef

Feb 15th 2013 2:27 am

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Originally Posted by Oink (Post 10547407)

Just an observation but why would you remove them from their culture, family and friends and disrupt them from their education to satisfy a dream?

The reverse could be said, do not move because the children have friends that when they get to uni, they will not likely see again! Dreams, oh, they are for the children, not us!

Move for you and partner, the kids will adapt and in doing so, may move back home. One life, live it! You can always regret it later, whatever you do!

Almost Canadian

Feb 15th 2013 2:29 am

Re: Seriously Thinking of Canada

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Originally Posted by Oink (Post 10547469)

I was talking to a grade six teacher the other day who insisted, quite vociferously, that Fiji was in the Caribbean. :blink:

Did she pronounce it Ka-ri-be-an or Ka-rib-eon?

Oink	Feb 15th 2013 2:34 am

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Originally Posted by Almost Canadian (Post 10547480)

Did she pronounce it Ka-ri-be-an or Ka-rib-eon?

I can't remember as I was a little more taken aback with the amount of Christian-Muslilns the Principal was telling they have in their school. Its apparently its quite a common subset in Christian and Islamic cultures. When I asked which prophet they favoured if either, she said they mainly came from Iraq.

Oink	Feb 15th 2013 2:34 am

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Originally Posted by Yorkiechef (Post 10547474)

You're right, sod them all. :amen:

iaink

Feb 15th 2013 2:36 am

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Originally Posted by kevj1977 (Post 10546582)

What are the nicest areas to live and bring up children (I have 4)

Surrey.

UK, not BC

If you have the income to afford it...

Ive only lived in one bit of CAnada. Thats true for the majority of posters here I suspect.

I like it where I am, Ive no concerns raising my kids here, but they miss contact with their grandpa and uncles and cousings, thats the downside to expat life.

The best thing kids can have I think is happy stable parents. Secondary to that is a decent income to provide for them, everything else is down the list.

Dont mistake moving to a different continent as a magic cure to the problems of modern life.

Almost Canadian

Feb 15th 2013 2:38 am

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Originally Posted by iaink (Post 10547497)

ExKiwilass

Feb 15th 2013 2:42 am

Re: Seriously Thinking of Canada

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Originally Posted by Oink (Post 10547469)

I was talking to a grade six teacher the other day who insisted, quite vociferously, that Fiji was in the Caribbean. :blink:

jeebus.

Novocastrian

Feb 15th 2013 2:44 am

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Originally Posted by magnumpi (Post 10547344)

Novocation is still around you know, you could have waited.

Novocastrian is actually quite committed to his vocation, thus your garbled typing is even less amusing.

MikeUK

Feb 15th 2013 3:00 am

Re: Seriously Thinking of Canada

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Originally Posted by Almost Canadian (Post 10547458)

Did you receive your education in Europe and, if so, did it give you academic focus and "sophistication"?

The comment on education comes via my association with teachers (one of which is my Canadian wife)that have taught internationally and included teaching in Europe, Uk, Canadian both east and west and parts of Asia, and adding in a dash of some of the various comments made on this forum

magnumpi

Feb 15th 2013 3:57 am

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Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 10547517)

Novocastrian is actually quite committed to his vocation, thus your garbled typing is even less amusing.

dbd33

Feb 15th 2013 4:34 am

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Originally Posted by iaink (Post 10547497)

The best thing kids can have I think is happy stable parents. Secondary to that is a decent income to provide for them, everything else is down the list.

It seems to me that the order should be reversed. As long as you have lots of money to spend on them it doesn't really matter if you're feckless, adled and miserable.

iaink

Feb 15th 2013 4:42 am

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Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 10547720)

It seems to me that the order should be reversed. As long as you have lots of money to spend on them it doesn't really matter if you're feckless, adled and miserable.

Sure, the Kardhasians and Hiltons are model families....:unsure:

ArthurBrit

Feb 15th 2013 4:46 am

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SK or MB.

A nice quiet life in the middle of nowhere, where property prices are still reasonable and work is relativly easy to find.

Everywhere else should fall into the ocean*** ;)

***Sarcasm

dbd33

Feb 15th 2013 4:49 am

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Originally Posted by iaink (Post 10547740)

Sure, the Kardhasians and Hiltons are model families....:unsure:

I don't really know anything about the hotel family but the daughter was funny when she was on television, she has a sucessful export business and lots of nice cars so I suppose she's happy, healthy and rich from her own endeavors, something of a role model, I'd say.

Is Kardhasian that woman who was or is married to the Syrian despot? I don't know that she has children.

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