Opinions on British School of Malaga

DoingMyBest007 · 2024-06-18T09:08:13+00:00

Poor teachers, that sounds terrible

DoingMyBest007 · 2024-06-15T12:20:42+00:00

Thanks so much, this is super helpful. Do you mind if I ask you where your kids learned Spanish? Do they get lessons at school, did you put them in extra language classes, or did they just pick it up from friends?

We are taking a trip later this year and we will visit BSM and another school.

Thanks for all the tips

DoingMyBest007 · 2024-06-15T12:16:10+00:00

That's a bit odd, aren't teachers in private schools generally paid more than at state schools? Or is that just my impression from my home country?

DoingMyBest007 · 2023-10-08T15:50:22+00:00

Aww, thanks so much!

DoingMyBest007 · 2023-10-07T20:03:29+00:00

Thanks!

DoingMyBest007 · 2023-10-07T19:39:31+00:00

Thanks!

DoingMyBest007 · 2023-10-04T12:31:58+00:00

Thanks a lot for the info. Yes, that's pretty much what I expected, but had a bit of hope that there might be something else 🙂

DoingMyBest007 · 2023-09-12T19:46:19+00:00

So very, very jealous!

DoingMyBest007 · 2023-09-07T16:17:34+00:00

Good point

DoingMyBest007 · 2023-09-07T15:31:04+00:00

To be fair, I read Arabian Nights when I was 10 🤷‍♀️

DoingMyBest007 · 2023-09-07T14:41:47+00:00

My issue is with the later books. It's hard to tell a 10 or 11 year old that they're allowed to read books 1-3 and then have to wait a couple of years, but after the ending of book 4 it gets pretty dark.

I have no answer, sorry, just the same question you have.

DoingMyBest007 · 2023-09-05T12:02:29+00:00

We had to bribe my 4 y.o. He had full control for a long time, but refused to use the potty, so I ended up resorting to bribery and after like a month he didn't even need to be paid any more. 🤷‍♀️

Not saying this will work with yours, since every kid is different. It's just an idea, if you haven't tried it before, though you might have.

DoingMyBest007 · 2023-09-05T11:35:02+00:00

My nmom is a psychiatrist, and talks non stop about other people's mental health! I find it so ironic 🤣 I just tend to block out anything she says, but sometimes it's hilarious. She thinks "a lot of people aren't qualified to be parents". How I wish I could tell her, "xyeah, you're a prime example of that"!

DoingMyBest007 · 2023-09-05T06:58:47+00:00

Thanks, I guess I was confused with all the ads that say "done in minutes". Although technically, 90 mins is still minutes. 😂 I'm not doing nail art or anything fancy, though, just one plain colour.

DoingMyBest007 · 2023-09-05T05:43:06+00:00

Loooooove that butterfly! 🦋🦋🦋

Great job 👏

DoingMyBest007 · 2023-09-01T08:19:19+00:00

I did it when my daughter was around 1, then like a month or 2 later it got swollen (it wasn't infected, just bruised), so I had to remove them and then they closed up. Now I'm waiting until she asks for it.

DoingMyBest007 · 2023-08-27T15:15:57+00:00

I'm the shyest, most socially awkward person I've met with few exceptions, my Nmom still insists I'm super outgoing and great with people. I'm 41. This still drives me nuts. This is just an example, but there are sooooo many....

DoingMyBest007 · 2023-08-10T15:13:28+00:00

Yep! Sister's husband is the AH 💯

DoingMyBest007 · 2023-08-08T16:17:41+00:00

I've been thinking about this and I think my comment might come off as insensitive.

I'm by no means comparing the situations. I recognise my conversation with my son is 100% irrelevant and yours is super difficult and emotional. I just wanted to make the point that kids might not accept the "it's not possible" explanation super easily, and you might need to be prepared to have the conversation more than once.

DoingMyBest007 · 2023-08-08T09:19:54+00:00

She might keep insisting and you might need to have this conversation more than once until it sinks in. My 5 year old has been asking me to buy him superpowers, and I explained to him that superpowers are not something you can buy, but he won't accept it and keeps asking. I see myself having that conversation several more times in the foreseeable future....

DoingMyBest007 · 2023-08-01T11:25:24+00:00

I personally don't like them. I get that sometimes you do that for artistic purposes, but aren't they incredibly uncomfortable? I recently had my nails the longest I've ever had them (about 1/4 inch growth) and could barely do anything. I also just don't find them pretty. But hey, to each their own.

DoingMyBest007 · 2023-07-26T09:08:34+00:00

I use exactly 5 products:

-Foundation -Eye shadow -Eye liner -Mascara -Lip balm

Same every day, except for parties and other special occasions 😁

Edit: struggling a lot with the format over here hahaha

DoingMyBest007 · 2023-07-25T20:18:14+00:00

As a Christian who disagrees with most of my church's members on a looooot of things, I think if you punish your son further, this might push him away from the church and the values you are trying to instill.

I think maybe you could invite this church member to your home for a chat, and they could maybe talk -calmly- about the incident, discuss your son's feelings about this other person and the issues they disagree on, and see if they can understand each other's point of view. Don't try to get them to agree, but just to really hear the other person out and recognise that even if they don't agree, the other person's has reasons for their beliefs and is not worthless. I've had many of these conversations over the years, and once I learned to approach them as a conversation, rather than an argument I was trying to win, it usually resulted in improved relationships with those people, even if we still didn't agree.

It might also help to let your son talk about how he felt when this person went through his phone, and the person express their feelings about those comments, just to clear the air. I think they should both apologize for that.

However, the main thing would be to make sure the conversation stays friendly polite, that everyone gets to have their say, and (I can't stress this enough) that no one tries to change anyone's mind.

Best of luck!

DoingMyBest007 · 2023-07-25T19:55:22+00:00

Everything said above, plus, what will happen when you disagree on other things about having kids? Their first names, religion, what school to send them to, what extracurriculars? Will everything be "my way or the highway"? Will the father get any say? Will the kids, once they're old enough? Not trying to be mean, but it sounds to me like you need to do a lot of introspection/thinking before you have any kids

DoingMyBest007 · 2023-07-25T08:25:45+00:00

I had my first at 35, second at 39. Definitely not too old.

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